Luke 11:41
39 And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness.
40 Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also?
But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you.
42 But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
43 Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets.
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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 that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.
Read in contextJames 1:27
Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
Read in contextTitus 1:15
Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.
Read in contextActs 10:15
And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.
Read in contextLuke 16:9
And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.
Read in contextHebrews 13:16
But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
Read in context2 Corinthians 8:7–9
Therefore, as ye abound in every thing, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this grace also.
Read in contextMatthew 6:1–4
Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.
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