LUKE—NOTE ON Luke 11:42 Jesus directs three woes against the Pharisees (see note on Matt. 23:13). The woes are a combination of criticism and sorrow. tithe... every herb. Such specific detail is not mentioned in the law (Leviticus 27:30; Deuteronomy 14:22; see note on Matt. 23:23). best seat. See Luke 14:7. unmarked graves. According to the law, contact with a grave made a person unclean (see Numbers 19:16; see note on Matt. 23:27–28). But if the grave was in the ground and had no marking, people might walk over it and become unclean without knowing it. Likewise people who follow the Pharisees are deceived, for they become “unclean” before God without even knowing that the Pharisees have led them astray.

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