Luke 18:12

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Summary

Luke 18:12

I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.

Fast

I give

Matthew 23:23

General references

Bible References

Fast

In the same way, when you have done all that you were commanded, you should say, ‘We are good-for-nothing slaves; we’ve only done our duty.’”

God met with him and Balaam said to Him, “I have arranged seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.”

When Samuel came to him, Saul said, “May the Lord bless you. I have carried out the Lord’s instructions.”

Then he said, “Come with me and see my zeal for the Lord!” So he let him ride with him in his chariot.

When you lift up your hands in prayer,
I will refuse to look at you;
even if you offer countless prayers,
I will not listen.
Your hands are covered with blood.

They seek Me day after day
and delight to know My ways,
like a nation that does what is right
and does not abandon the justice of their God.
They ask Me for righteous judgments;
they delight in the nearness of God.”

“Ask all the people of the land and the priests: When you fasted and lamented in the fifth and in the seventh months for these 70 years, did you really fast for Me?

“Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of people, to be seen by them. Otherwise, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

Then John’s disciples came to Him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but Your disciples do not fast?”

Hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you when he said:

Where then is boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law?

By one of works? No, on the contrary, by a law of faith.

Brothers, my heart’s desire and prayer to God concerning them is for their salvation!

so that no one can boast in His presence.

I advanced in Judaism beyond many contemporaries among my people, because I was extremely zealous for the traditions of my ancestors.

not from works, so that no one can boast.

for

the training of the body has a limited benefit,
but godliness is beneficial in every way,
since it holds promise for the present life
and also for the life to come.

I give

“But woe to you Pharisees! You give a tenth

of mint, rue, and every kind of herb, and you bypass justice and love for God.

These things you should have done without neglecting the others.

“Every tenth of the land’s produce, grain from the soil or fruit from the trees, belongs to the Lord; it is holy to the Lord.

For I have given them the tenth that the Israelites present to the Lord as a contribution for their inheritance. That is why I told them that they would not receive an inheritance among the Israelites.”

“Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me!”

You ask: “How do we rob You?”

“By not making the payments of the tenth and the contributions.

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You pay a tenth of mint, dill, and cumin, yet you have neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy, and faith. These things should have been done without neglecting the others.

General references

“Every tenth of the land’s produce, grain from the soil or fruit from the trees, belongs to the Lord; it is holy to the Lord.

He said to Him, “Teacher, I have kept all these from my youth.”

I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”

“I have kept all these from my youth,” he said.