- Bible
- Luke
- Chapter 11
- Verse 41
But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you.
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Gill's Exposition
Woe unto you Pharisees, for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues,.... And also the uppermost rooms at feasts, Mat 23:6
and greetings in the market; See Gill on Mat 23:6 and See Gill on Mat…
Barnes' Notes
Alms - Charity. Benefactions to the poor. Such things as ye have - Your property; though it has been gained unjustly: though you have lived by rapine, and have amassed wealth in an improper manner,…
Adam Clarke
Give alms of such things as ye have - Meaning either what was within the dishes spoken of before; or what was within their houses or power: or what they had at hand, for so τα ενοντα is used by the…
Christ here says many of those things to a Pharisee and his guests, in a private conversation at table, which he afterwards said in a public discourse in the temple (Mt. 23); for what he said in…
Cambridge Bible
give alms See Luk 12:33; Luk 16:14; Mat 6:3. Almsgiving is only mentioned as one typical form of Charity, which was in that state of society preeminently necessary. Indeed -alms" is the same word as…
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