All of us have a tendency to look at our sins and shortcomings and dismiss them as less sinful than other people's sin. Jesus is confronting the Pharisees about their sin. The Pharisees were generally considered to be some of the most righteous living people in Jesus' day. Yet Jesus calls on them (see the previous verses in Luke 11) to look past their outward demonstrations of righteousness and look at their hearts—deal with their inner greed, the outward show of generosity coupled with their lack of passion for social justice, and their desire to be treated with special honor and appreciation. Jesus wants them to know that their sin is just as bad as those to whom they feel righteously superior. If we are willing, we will also hear him knock on the door of our hearts and challenge us to not settle for outward righteous appearances, but to pursue the things that are genuinely righteous from the heart that matter most to God.