Luca 11:42

42 Ma, guai a voi, Farisei! perciocchè voi decimate la menta, e la ruta, ed ogni erba, e lasciate addietro il giudicio, e la carità di Dio; ei si conveniva far queste cose, e non lasciar quell’altre.

Luca 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).

Luca 11:42 In-Context

40 Stolti, non ha colui che ha fatto il difuori, fatto eziandio il didentro?

41 Ma date per limosina quant’è in poter vostro; ed ecco, ogni cosa vi sarà netta.

42 Ma, guai a voi, Farisei! perciocchè voi decimate la menta, e la ruta, ed ogni erba, e lasciate addietro il giudicio, e la carità di Dio; ei si conveniva far queste cose, e non lasciar quell’altre.

43 Guai a voi, Farisei! perciocchè voi amate i primi seggi nelle raunanze, e le salutazioni nelle piazze.

44 Guai a voi, Scribi, e Farisei ipocriti! perciocchè voi siete come i sepolcri che non si vedono; e gli uomini che ci camminan di sopra non ne sanno nulla.