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Luke 11:42

World English Bible

But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every herb, but you bypass justice and God’s love. You ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.

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Luke 11:42 in other translations

But woe unto you Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and every herb, and pass over justice and the love of God: but these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

Luke 11:42 · American Standard Version

Luke 11:42 in context

  1. 40You foolish ones, didn’t he who made the outside make the inside also?
  2. 41But give for gifts to the needy those things which are within, and behold, all things will be clean to you.
  3. 42But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every herb, but you bypass justice and God’s love. You ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.
  4. 43Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the best seats in the synagogues, and the greetings in the marketplaces.
  5. 44Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like hidden graves, and the men who walk over them don’t know it.”