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You foolish ones, didn`t he who made the outside make the inside also?
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God Values the Inside and Outside
Commentators explain that Jesus's question is a powerful reminder: the same God who created our physical bodies (the 'outside') also created our souls and hearts (the 'inside'). The Pharisees were called 'foolish' because they meticulously focused on external, ceremonial cleanliness while their inner lives were full of sin. God desires holistic purity, viewing the heart's condition as paramount.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
You fools. How unwise and wicked is your conduct! The word denotes not only lack of wisdom, but also wickedness. ([Reference Proverbs 13:1…
Howbeit (πλην). See Lu 6:24. Instead of devoting so much attention to the outside.
Those things which are within
19th Century
Anglican
You fools, did not he that made that which is without...? This question is peculiar to St. Luke and implies a latent para…
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Baptist
"One needs washing as much as the other. You are so careful of your hands; will you not be more careful of your hearts?"
In Jesus’ estimation, the “Pharisees” (see comment on Mk 2:15–16) had lost the heart of their religion. In vv.41–42b Jesus offers a positive correc…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
You fools, did not he that made that which is without , &c.] That is, made clean that which is without, or the outsi…
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We should all look to our hearts, that they may be cleansed and new-created; and while we attend to the great things of the law and of the gospel, …
