Luke 11:41 “But give as alms the things that are within you, and behold, everythin…”

Luke 11:41

But give as alms the things that are within you, and behold, everything will be clean for you.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you.

World English Bible

But give for gifts to the needy those things which are within, and behold, all things will be clean to you.

American Standard Version

But give for alms those things which are within; and behold, all things are clean unto you.

Geneva Bible 1599

Therefore, giue almes of those thinges which you haue, and beholde, all thinges shall be cleane to you.

Darby Translation

But rather give alms of what ye have, and behold, all things are clean to you.

Young's Literal Translation

But what ye have give ye [as] alms, and, lo, all things are clean to you.

Bible in Basic English

But if you give to the poor such things as you are able, then all things are clean to you.

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Cross references

“rather”

Luke 12:33 James 1:27 Luke 16:9 Hebrews 13:16 Proverbs 14:31 Proverbs 19:17

Luke 12:33 · BSB

Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves with purses that will not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.

James 1:27 · BSB

Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.

Luke 16:9 · BSB

I tell you, use worldly wealth to make friends for yourselves so that when it is gone, they will welcome you into eternal dwellings.

Hebrews 13:16 · BSB

And do not neglect to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.

Proverbs 14:31 · BSB

Whoever oppresses the poor taunts their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.

Proverbs 19:17 · BSB

Kindness to the poor is a loan to the LORD, and He will repay the lender.

“all”

Titus 1:15 Acts 10:15 Romans 14:14–18 1 Timothy 4:4 1 Timothy 4:5

Titus 1:15 · BSB

To the pure, all things are pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure. Indeed, both their minds and their consciences are defiled.

Acts 10:15 · BSB

The voice spoke to him a second time: “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.”

Romans 14:14–18 · BSB

I am convinced and fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for him it is unclean.

1 Timothy 4:4 · BSB

For every creation of God is good, and nothing that is received with thanksgiving should be rejected,

1 Timothy 4:5 · BSB

because it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

40You fools! Did not the One who made the outside make the inside as well?

42Woe to you Pharisees! For you pay tithes of mint, rue, and every herb, but you disregard justice and the love of God. You should have practiced the latter without neglecting the former.

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