Luke 11:44 meaning and explanation

Woe to you! For you are like unmarked graves, which men walk over without even noticing.”

Luke 11:44, Berean Standard Bible

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Jesus is speaking at a Pharisee's table, pronouncing a series of woes on the Pharisees and experts in the law who have challenged him. Under the law, touching a grave made a person ritually unclean for seven days, and graves were whitewashed so people could avoid them.

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