Common English Bible

Luke 11:32-38 Common English Bible (CEB)

32. The people of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they changed their hearts and lives in response to Jonah’s preaching—and one greater than Jonah is here.

33. "People don’t light a lamp and then put it in a closet or under a basket. Rather, they place the lamp on a lampstand so that those who enter the house can see the light.

34. Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is full of light. But when your eye is bad, your whole body is full of darkness.

35. Therefore, see to it that the light in you isn’t darkness.

36. If your whole body is full of light—with no part darkened—then it will be as full of light as when a lamp shines brightly on you."

37. While Jesus was speaking, a Pharisee invited him to share a meal with him, so Jesus went and took his place at the table.

38. When the Pharisee saw that Jesus didn’t ritually purify his hands by washing before the meal, he was astonished.