Luke 11:41
39 “Now then,” said the Lord, “you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.
40 You fools! Did not the One who made the outside make the inside as well?
But give as alms the things that are within you, and you will see that everything is clean for you.
42 Woe to you Pharisees! You pay tithes of mint, rue, and every herb, but you disregard justice and the love of God. You should have practiced the latter without neglecting the former.
43 Woe to you Pharisees! You love the chief seats in the synagogues and the greetings in the marketplaces.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- But give as alms the things that are within you, and you will see that everything is clean for you.
- KJV
- But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you.
- WEB
- But give for gifts to the needy those things which are within, and behold, all things will be clean to you.
- ASV
- But give for alms those things which are within; and behold, all things are clean unto you.
- DARBY
- But rather give alms of what ye have, and behold, all things are clean to you.
- BLB
- But give [as] alms the things being within, and behold, all things are clean for you⁺.
- ÅB
- Men gi det som er inneni, til almisse, og se, da er alt rent for dere.
- OTB
- Men gi det som er inni som en veldedig gave, og da vil alt være rent for dere.
- B1930
- Men gi det som er inneni, til almisse, og se, da er alt rent for eder.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 12:33
Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves with purses that will not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.
Read in contextJames 1:27
Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
Read in contextTitus 1:15
To the pure, all things are pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure. Indeed, both their minds and their consciences are defiled.
Read in contextActs 10:15
The voice spoke to him a second time: “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.”
Read in contextLuke 16:9
I tell you, use worldly wealth to make friends for yourselves, so that when it is gone, they will welcome you into eternal dwellings.
Read in contextHebrews 13:16
And do not neglect to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.
Read in context2 Corinthians 8:7–9
But just as you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness, and in the love we inspired in you —see that you also excel in this grace of giving.
Read in contextMatthew 6:1–4
“Be careful not to perform your righteous acts before men to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.
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