Lukas 11:39

11:39 But the Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees clean ¹  the outside of the cup and the plate, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness. ² 

Lukas 21:21

21:21 Then those who are in Judea must flee ³  to the mountains. Those ⁴  who are inside the city must depart. Those ⁵  who are out in the country must not enter it,

[11:39]  ¹ sn The allusion to washing (clean the outside of the cup) shows Jesus knew what they were thinking and deliberately set up a contrast that charged them with hypocrisy and majoring on minors.

[11:39]  ² tn Or “and evil.”

[21:21]  ³ sn Fleeing to the mountains is a key OT image: Gen 19:17; Judg 6:2; Isa 15:5; Jer 16:16; Zech 14:5.

[21:21]  ⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[21:21]  ⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.