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41 But give that which is within as charity [that is, acts of mercy and compassion, not as a public display, but as an expression of your faithfulness to God], and then indeed all things are clean for you.

42 “But woe (judgment is coming) to you Pharisees, because you [self-righteously] [a]tithe mint and [b]rue and every [little] garden herb [tending to all the minutiae], and yet disregard and neglect justice and the love of God; but these are the things you should have done, without neglecting the others.(A) 43 Woe to you Pharisees, because you love the [c]best seats in the synagogues and to be respectfully greeted in the market places.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 11:42 The required offering of ten percent.
  2. Luke 11:42 An odoriferous plant whose oil was used as medicine.
  3. Luke 11:43 These seats were located near the scrolls of the Law, facing the congregation in the synagogue.

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