Luke 11:41
Notwithstanding, as to the things within, give alms, and lo! everything, is, pure unto you.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you.
In Context
40Simple ones! Did not, he who made the outside, the inside also, make?
Cross References
Deuteronomy 15:8but thou shalt, open, thy hand unto him,—and, lend, him enough to meet the poverty which doth impoverish him.
Psalms 41:1How happy is he that is attentive to the poor, In the day of calamity, will Yahweh deliver him:
Proverbs 14:31The oppressor of the poor, hath reproached his Maker, but he that sheweth favour to the needy, is one who, holdeth Him in honour.
Ecclesiastes 11:1Cast thy bread-corn, upon the face of the waters,—for, after many days, shalt thou find it:
Daniel 4:27Wherefore, O king, let, my counsel, be pleasing unto thee, thy sin, then,—by righteousness, break thou off, and, thine iniquities, by shewing favour to the oppressed,—if so be it may become the lengthening out of thy security.
Matthew 6:1[But] take heed, that ye do not, your righteousness, before men, to be gazed at by them,—otherwise at least, reward, have ye none, with your Father who is in the heavens.
Matthew Henry on Luke 11:38-54
Woes Denounced on That Generation; The Pharisees and Lawyers Reproved. 37 And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat. 38 And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner. 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? 41… Read the whole commentary →