Cleanse first, etc. Let them be filled with the fruits of honest industry, and then the outside and the inside will be really clean. By th…

That the outside of them may be clean also — The implied premise is that “uncleanness” in its ethical sense was altogethe…

The sixth “woe” is uttered against the scribes and Pharisees with regard to their eating and drinking: “You make clean the outside of the cup a…

St. Jerome: In different words, but to the same effect as before, He rebukes the hypocrisy and deception of the Pharisees: th…

Jesus begins with the metaphor of the cup and dish (v.25a), reveals his nonmetaphorical concerns at the end of v.25, then returns to his metaphor i…

You blind Pharisee
Well might Christ call such an one a blind Pharisee, who was so scrupulously careful to cleanse h…

The scribes and Pharisees were enemies of the gospel of Christ, and therefore of the salvation of people's souls. It is bad to keep away from Chris…

After He instructed the disciples and the multitudes about the caution they should have regarding the Jews' doctrine, He now directs His words to t…