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

Luke 11:42

Matthew 23:23

General references

Mark 10:20

Luke 5:32

Luke 18:21

Bible References

Fast

Well, it is the same with you; when you have done all you are bidden, say, 'We are but servants; we have only done our duty.' "

Take care not to practise your charity before men in order to be noticed; otherwise you get no reward from your Father in heaven. No,

Then the disciples of John came up to him and said, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast a great deal, and your disciples do not fast?"

You hypocrites! Isaiah made a grand prophecy about you when he said,

Then what becomes of our boasting? It is ruled out absolutely. On what principle? On the principle of doing deeds? No, on the principle of faith.

Oh for their salvation, brothers! That is my heart's desire and prayer to God!

that no person may boast in the sight of God.

and how I outstripped many of my own age and race in my special ardour for the ancestral traditions of my house.

not the outcome of what you have done ??lest anyone should pride himself on that;

The training of the body is of small service, but religion is of service in all directions; it contains the promise of life both for the present and for the future.

I give

But woe to you Pharisees! you tithe mint and rue and every vegetable, but justice and the love of God you disregard; these latter you ought to have practised ??without omitting the former.

Woe to you, you impious scribes and Pharisees! you tithe mint and dill and cummin, and omit the weightier matters of the law, justice and mercy and faithfulness; these latter you ought to have practised ??without omit ting the former.

General references

"Teacher," he said, "I have observed all these commands from my youth."

I have not come to call just men but sinners to repentance."

He said, "I have observed all these commands from my youth."