Luke 11:42 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

ye tithe. ye tithe, or pay or take tithes. Greek. epode katoo. Occurs only here; Luke 18:12.Matthew 23:23. and Hebrews 7:5.

all manner of herbs. every herb. Figure of speech Synecdoche (of the Genus), App-6, for all tithable herbs.

pass over. pass by, as in Mark 6:48.

judgment.. Hebraism. justice. App-177.

the love of God. Genitive of relation (App-17.), meaning the love required by God, as admitted by the lawyer (Luke 10:27).

ought ye to have done. it behoved you to do.

leave... undone. leave aside. But most of the texts read "pass by", as in the preceding clause.

Luke 11:42

42 But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.