12I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.
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But 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.
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. …
Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?
So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do.
Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 9-14)The scope of this parable likewise is prefixed to it, and we are told (Luke 18:9) who they were whom it was levelled at, and for whom it was calculated. He designed it for the conviction of some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others . They were such as had, 1. A great conceit of themselves, and of their own goodness; they thought themselves as holy as they needed…
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