Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
give alms . . . and . . . all . . . clean—a principle of immense value. As the greed of these hypocrites was one of the most prominent features of their character (Luke 16:14; Matthew 23:14), our Lord bids them exemplify the opposite character, and then their outside, ruled by this, would be beautiful in the eye of God, and their meals would be eaten with clean hands, though never so fouled with the business of this worky world. (See Ecclesiastes 9:7).
cup and platter—remarkable example of our Lord's way of drawing the most striking illustrations of great truths from the most familiar objects and incidents of life.
ravening—rapacity.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Luke 11:41:
Daniel 4:27
Matthew 23:26
Titus 1:15
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