Lucas 11:42

42 »¡Ay de ustedes, fariseos!, que dan la décima parte de la menta, de la ruda y de toda clase de legumbres, pero descuidan la justicia y el amor de Dios. Debían haber practicado esto, sin dejar de hacer aquello.

Lucas 11:42 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 11:42

But woe unto you Pharisees
Though these words, with several other passages in this chapter, are much alike with those in Matthew 23 yet it is clear that they were spoken at different times, these in the house of a Pharisee, and they in the temple at Jerusalem:

for ye tithe mint and rue; (See Gill on Matthew 23:23) the Persic version here reads, "mint and anise", as there; and the Ethiopic version only "hyssop":

and all manner of herbs;
or "every herb"; that is, all sorts of herbs that grow in the garden, and were not common to all;

and pass over judgment, and the love of God:
by "judgment" may be meant justice, or doing that which is right between man and man, both publicly and privately, which was greatly neglected by these extortioners and unjust men: and by "the love of God" may be intended, both love to God, which shows itself in the observance of the first table of the law, and love to the neighbour, which God requires, and regards the second table:

these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone;
(See Gill on Matthew 23:23).

Lucas 11:42 In-Context

40 ¡Necios! ¿Acaso el que hizo lo de afuera no hizo también lo de adentro?
41 Den más bien a los pobres de lo que está dentro, y así todo quedará limpio para ustedes.
42 »¡Ay de ustedes, fariseos!, que dan la décima parte de la menta, de la ruda y de toda clase de legumbres, pero descuidan la justicia y el amor de Dios. Debían haber practicado esto, sin dejar de hacer aquello.
43 »¡Ay de ustedes, fariseos!, que se mueren por los primeros puestos en las sinagogas y los saludos en las plazas.
44 »¡Ay de ustedes!, que son como tumbas sin lápida, sobre las que anda la gente sin darse cuenta.
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