Charles Spurgeon Commentary Luke 11:44

"Woe unto you! for ye are as the tombs which appear not, and the men that walk over [them] know it not." — Luke 11:44 (ASV)

Nobody but Christ knew how base they were. They were fair to look upon, but he knew that they were villainously hypocritical, and he therefore denounced them.

Ah, dear friends, the great matter is to have grace in the heart—to have the divine light within, in the soul; and if we do not have this, vain is a fair profession, vain is everything that comes from man. If we are to be saved, we must have the grace that comes from God alone.