Luke 11:41. But rather, etc. Thus they should turn toward true purity. Not that this giving of alms constituted holiness, but to give those things which are within (the cup and platter) was a far better purification than their ceremonial washings of the outside. The precept receives point from the covetousness of the Pharisees. Some take the verse as ironical: But ye give alms, etc., and behold all things are clean to you (in your estimation). This is open to serious objections. The explanation: which ye can (E. V: ‘such things as ye have') is possible, but not favored by the context.

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