Pharisees were religous experts in their day. They knew the Torah, what we call the Old Testament, very well. They were deeply religous and had very strict rules for how they and others should behave... but they had the wrong idea about God.They thought that God was all about appearances... about looking good and clean...
Jesus said, "Now then, you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness..."
They did not realize that God looks on the inside, at our heart.
Jesus went on to say, " You foolish people! Did not the one who made the outside make the inside also (Luke 11:40)?"
God does not look at the outside of our cup only... he does not only look at what we do... at our behavior... he looks at our motives and intentions... even our thoughts and knows what we really desire....
He wants us to truly love and follow him... from the inside out...
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