Luke 11:40 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without..? — The question is peculiar to St. Luke, and implies a latent parabolic application of the previous words. Outward, positive ceremonial law, ordering the cleansing of the outside of the cup and of the platter, the eternal moral law requiring truth in the inward parts, — these had, to say the least, the same Maker, and one was not to be neglected for the other.