Matthew Henry on Luke 11:37-54

Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · Matthew Henry · CC0 1.0 Universal

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, we must not neglect the smallest matter God has appointed.

When any wait to catch something out of our mouths, that they may insnare us, O Lord, give us thy prudence and thy patience, and disappoint their evil purposes. Furnish us with such meekness and patience that we may glory in reproaches, for Christ's sake, and that thy Holy Spirit may rest upon us.

More for Luke 11:37-54

Continue with other commentaries and DiscipleDeck content connected to this verse, chapter, or topic.

Other commentaries

The Pulpit Commentary on Luke 11:1-54Luke 11:1-54 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITION Woes Denounced on That Generation; The Pharisees and Lawyers ReprovedLuke 11:37-54 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleWOES DENOUNCED ON THAT GENERATION; THE PHARISEES AND LAWYERS REPROVED. Christ here says many of those things to a Pharisee and his guests, in a private conversation at table, which he afterwards said in a public discour…The Pulpit Commentary on Luke 11:37-54Luke 11:37-54 · The Pulpit CommentaryIn the Pharisee's house. The Lord's stern denunciation of the Pharisee teaching and life. The day was not far advanced, and the Master was probably weary and faint after the long and exciting discussion just related; ta…The Pulpit Commentary on Luke 11:37-42Luke 11:37-42 · The Pulpit CommentaryPiety out of perspective. We have seen pictures in which no regard whatever has been paid to the laws of perspective, and in which, as the consequence, the mountain has appeared as small as the men, the men as large as…The Pulpit Commentary on Luke 11:37-54Luke 11:37-54 · The Pulpit CommentaryPharisaism and legalism rebuked. Our Lord, who was eminently social in his habits, accepts an invitation to dine with one of the Pharisees, and meets many Pharisees and lawyers there as guests. Such scenes were, to his…

commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Luke 11:1-54EXPOSITIONJoseph S. Exell and contributors commentaryWoes Denounced on That Generation; The Pharisees and Lawyers ReprovedWOES DENOUNCED ON THAT GENERATION; THE PHARISEES AND LAWYERS REPROVED. Christ here says many of those things to a Pharisee and his guests, in a private conversation at table, which he afterwards said in a public discour…Matthew Henry commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Luke 11:37-54Pharisaism and legalism rebuked. Our Lord, who was eminently social in his habits, accepts an invitation to dine with one of the Pharisees, and meets many Pharisees and lawyers there as guests. Such scenes were, to his…Joseph S. Exell and contributors commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Luke 11:37-54In the Pharisee's house. The Lord's stern denunciation of the Pharisee teaching and life. The day was not far advanced, and the Master was probably weary and faint after the long and exciting discussion just related; ta…Joseph S. Exell and contributors commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Luke 11:37-42Piety out of perspective. We have seen pictures in which no regard whatever has been paid to the laws of perspective, and in which, as the consequence, the mountain has appeared as small as the men, the men as large as…Joseph S. Exell and contributors commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Luke 11:38He marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner. An elaborate system of utter meaningless ablutions, each carried out with particular gestures, had been instituted by the rabbinical schools. All these senseless…Joseph S. Exell and contributors commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Luke 11:41But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you. The translation here should run, but rather give the things that are in them as alms, etc. The thought of the contents of these…Joseph S. Exell and contributors commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Luke 11:42But 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. Probably the primitive Law of M…Joseph S. Exell and contributors