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

So you too, when you have done everything you were commanded to do, should say, 'We are slaves undeserving of special praise; we have only done what was our duty.'"

Then God met Balaam, who said to him, "I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered on each altar a bull and a ram."

When Samuel came to him, Saul said to him, "May the Lord bless you! I have done what the Lord said."

Jehu said, "Come with me and see how zealous I am for the Lord's cause." So he took him along in his chariot.

When you spread out your hands in prayer, I look the other way; when you offer your many prayers, I do not listen, because your hands are covered with blood.

They seek me day after day; they want to know my requirements, like a nation that does what is right and does not reject the law of their God. They ask me for just decrees; they want to be near God.

"Speak to all the people and priests of the land as follows: 'When you fasted and lamented in the fifth and seventh months through all these seventy years, did you truly fast for me -- for me, indeed?

"Be careful not to display your righteousness merely to be seen by people. Otherwise you have no reward with your Father in heaven.

Then John's disciples came to Jesus and asked, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don't fast?"

Hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you when he said,

Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded! By what principle? Of works? No, but by the principle of faith!

Brothers and sisters, my heart's desire and prayer to God on behalf of my fellow Israelites is for their salvation.

so that no one can boast in his presence.

I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries in my nation, and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my ancestors.

it is not from works, so that no one can boast.

For "physical exercise has some value, but godliness is valuable in every way. It holds promise for the present life and for the life to come."

I give

"But woe to you Pharisees! You give a tenth of your mint, rue, and every herb, yet you neglect justice and love for God! But you should have done these things without neglecting the others.

"'Any tithe of the land, from the grain of the land or from the fruit of the trees, belongs to the Lord; it is holy to the Lord.

But I have given to the Levites for an inheritance the tithes of the Israelites that are offered to the Lord as a raised offering. That is why I said to them that among the Israelites they are to have no inheritance."

Can a person rob God? You indeed are robbing me, but you say, 'How are we robbing you?' In tithes and contributions!

"Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You give a tenth of mint, dill, and cumin, yet you neglect what is more important in the law -- justice, mercy, and faithfulness! You should have done these things without neglecting the others.

General references

"'Any tithe of the land, from the grain of the land or from the fruit of the trees, belongs to the Lord; it is holy to the Lord.

The man said to him, "Teacher, I have wholeheartedly obeyed all these laws since my youth."

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

The man replied, "I have wholeheartedly obeyed all these laws since my youth."