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The Lord (ho kurios). The Lord Jesus plainly and in the narrative portion of Luke.
Now (nun). Probably refers to him. You Pharisees do now what was formerly done.
The platter (tou pinakos). The dish. Old word, rendered “the charger” in Mat 14:8. Another word for “platter” (paropsis) in Mat 23:25 means “side-dish.”
But your inward part (to de esōthen humōn). The part within you (Pharisees). They keep the external regulations, but their hearts are full of plunder (harpagēs, from harpazō, to seize) and wickedness (ponērias, from ponēros, evil man). See note on Mat 23:25 for a like indictment of the Pharisees for care for the outside of the cup but neglect of what is on the inside. Both inside and outside should be clean, but the inside first.