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I give tithes of all that I get.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/luke/18.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />I fast twice a week and pay tithes of all that I acquire.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/luke/18.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />I fast twice in the week; I tithe all things, as many as I gain.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/luke/18.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/luke/18.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I possess.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/luke/18.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />I fast twice a week; I pay tithes of all that I get.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/luke/18.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8216I fast twice a week; I pay tithes of all that I get.&#8217<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/luke/18.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘I fast twice a week; I pay tithes of all that I get.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/luke/18.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />I fast twice a week; I pay tithes of all that I get.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/luke/18.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />I fast twice a week; I pay tithes of all that I get.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/luke/18.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I fast twice a week; I give a tenth of everything I get.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/luke/18.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I fast twice a week; I give a tenth of everything I get.&#8217 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/luke/18.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />I fast twice in the week; I give tithes of all that I get.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/luke/18.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />I go without eating for two days a week, and I give you one tenth of all I earn." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/luke/18.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />I fast twice in the week; I give tithes of all that I get.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/luke/18.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />I fast twice a week, and I give you a tenth of my entire income.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/luke/18.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I fast two days a week, and I give you one tenth of all my income.' <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/luke/18.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />I fast twice a week, and I give a tenth of my entire income.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/luke/18.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />I fast twice a week and pay tithes of all that I acquire.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/luke/18.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />I fast twice a week; I give a tenth of everything I get.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/luke/18.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />I fast twice a week. I give tithes of all that I get.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/luke/18.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/luke/18.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />I fast twice a week. I pay the tithe on all my gains.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/luke/18.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />I fast twice a week. I give tithes of all that I get.’ <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/luke/18.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all things—as many as I possess.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/luke/18.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />I fast twice in the week; I tithe all things, as many as I gain.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/luke/18.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all things -- as many as I possess.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/luke/18.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />I fast twice of the Sabbath; I pay tithes of all I possess.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/luke/18.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />I fast twice in a week: I give tithes of all that I possess. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/luke/18.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />I fast twice between Sabbaths. I give tithes from all that I possess.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/luke/18.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />I fast twice a week, and I pay tithes on my whole income.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/luke/18.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />I fast twice a week; I give a tenth of all my income.’<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/luke/18.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />But I fast twice a week, and I give tithes on everything I earn.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/luke/18.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />“But I fast twice in a week and I tithe everything that I possess.”<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/luke/18.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />I fast twice in the week; I give tithes of all that I possess.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/luke/18.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br /><FR>I fast twice per week; I give tithes of all things so many as I possess.<Fr><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/luke/18.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />I keep a fast twice a week, I pay the tenth of all things I possess.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/luke/18.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />I fast twice a week, and I pay the tythe of all I possess.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/luke/18.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />I fast twice a week. I pay the tithe on all my gains.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/luke/18.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br /><FR>I fast twice on the Sabbath; I give a tenth of all that I acquire.'<Fr><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/luke/18.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br /><FR>I fast twice a week, <Fr><i>and</i><FR> I give tithes of all that I possess.<Fr><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/luke/18-12.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3-5_0Jtd9Lc?start=7143" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/luke/18.htm">The Pharisee and Tax Collector</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">11</span>The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like the other men—swindlers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. <span class="reftext">12</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/3522.htm" title="3522: nēsteuō (V-PIA-1S) -- To fast, abstain from food. From nestis; to abstain from food.">I fast</a> <a href="/greek/1364.htm" title="1364: dis (Adv) -- Twice, entirely, utterly. Adverb from duo; twice.">twice</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GNS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">a</a> <a href="/greek/4521.htm" title="4521: sabbatou (N-GNS) -- The Sabbath, a week. ">week</a> <a href="/greek/586.htm" title="586: apodekatō (V-PIA-1S) -- To take off (deduct) a tenth part (of my property) (and give it away), pay tithe. From apo and dekatoo; to tithe.">and pay tithes</a> <a href="/greek/3956.htm" title="3956: panta (Adj-ANP) -- All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.">of all that</a> <a href="/greek/3745.htm" title="3745: hosa (RelPro-ANP) -- How much, how great, how many, as great as, as much. By reduplication from hos; as As."></a> <a href="/greek/2932.htm" title="2932: ktōmai (V-PIM/P-1S) -- (a) I acquire, win, get, purchase, buy, (b) I possess, win mastery over. A primary verb; to get, i.e. Acquire.">I acquire.’ </a> </span> <span class="reftext">13</span>But the tax collector stood at a distance, unwilling even to lift up his eyes to heaven. Instead, he beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner!’…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-23.htm">Matthew 23:23</a></span><br />Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin. But you have disregarded the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/6-16.htm">Matthew 6:16-18</a></span><br />When you fast, do not be somber like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces to show men they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward. / But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, / so that your fasting will not be obvious to men, but only to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/9-14.htm">Matthew 9:14</a></span><br />Then John’s disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why is it that we and the Pharisees fast so often, but Your disciples do not fast?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/6-1.htm">Matthew 6:1-4</a></span><br />“Be careful not to perform your righteous acts before men to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven. / So when you give to the needy, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward. / But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/5-20.htm">Matthew 5:20</a></span><br />For I tell you that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/14-17.htm">Romans 14:17</a></span><br />For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/5-22.htm">Galatians 5:22-23</a></span><br />But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, / gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/philippians/3-6.htm">Philippians 3:6</a></span><br />as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to righteousness in the law, faultless.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/2-16.htm">Colossians 2:16-17</a></span><br />Therefore let no one judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a feast, a New Moon, or a Sabbath. / These are a shadow of the things to come, but the body that casts it belongs to Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/13-3.htm">1 Corinthians 13:3</a></span><br />If I give all I possess to the poor and exult in the surrender of my body, but have not love, I gain nothing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/58-3.htm">Isaiah 58:3-7</a></span><br />“Why have we fasted, and You have not seen? Why have we humbled ourselves, and You have not noticed?” “Behold, on the day of your fast, you do as you please, and you oppress all your workers. / You fast with contention and strife to strike viciously with your fist. You cannot fast as you do today and have your voice be heard on high. / Is this the fast I have chosen: a day for a man to deny himself, to bow his head like a reed, and to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Will you call this a fast and a day acceptable to the LORD? ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/6-6.htm">Micah 6:6-8</a></span><br />With what shall I come before the LORD when I bow before the God on high? Should I come to Him with burnt offerings, with year-old calves? / Would the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I present my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? / He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/6-6.htm">Hosea 6:6</a></span><br />For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/5-21.htm">Amos 5:21-24</a></span><br />“I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies. / Even though you offer Me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; for your peace offerings of fattened cattle I will have no regard. / Take away from Me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/7-5.htm">Zechariah 7:5-10</a></span><br />“Ask all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months for these seventy years, was it really for Me that you fasted? / And when you were eating and drinking, were you not doing so simply for yourselves? / Are these not the words that the LORD proclaimed through the earlier prophets, when Jerusalem and its surrounding towns were populous and prosperous, and the Negev and the foothills were inhabited?’” ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.</p><p class="hdg">fast.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/luke/17-10.htm">Luke 17:10</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/23-4.htm">Numbers 23:4</a></b></br> And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon <i>every</i> altar a bullock and a ram.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/15-13.htm">1 Samuel 15:13</a></b></br> And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed <i>be</i> thou of the LORD: I have performed the commandment of the LORD.</p><p class="hdg">I give.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/luke/11-42.htm">Luke 11:42</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/27-30.htm">Leviticus 27:30-33</a></b></br> And all the tithe of the land, <i>whether</i> of the seed of the land, <i>or</i> of the fruit of the tree, <i>is</i> the LORD'S: <i>it is</i> holy unto the LORD… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/18-24.htm">Numbers 18:24</a></b></br> But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer <i>as</i> an heave offering unto the LORD, I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/luke/16-13.htm">Fast</a> <a href="/luke/16-21.htm">Food</a> <a href="/luke/17-33.htm">Gain</a> <a href="/luke/9-25.htm">Gains</a> <a href="/luke/14-12.htm">Pay</a> <a href="/mark/10-21.htm">Possess</a> <a href="/zechariah/8-19.htm">Tenth</a> <a href="/luke/11-42.htm">Tithe</a> <a href="/luke/11-42.htm">Tithes</a> <a href="/mark/14-72.htm">Twice</a> <a href="/luke/13-14.htm">Week</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/john/8-31.htm">Fast</a> <a href="/luke/21-11.htm">Food</a> <a href="/luke/19-16.htm">Gain</a> <a href="/john/8-37.htm">Gains</a> <a href="/luke/19-8.htm">Pay</a> <a href="/luke/18-22.htm">Possess</a> <a href="/john/1-39.htm">Tenth</a> <a href="/hebrews/7-4.htm">Tithe</a> <a href="/hebrews/7-5.htm">Tithes</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/1-15.htm">Twice</a> <a href="/luke/24-1.htm">Week</a><div class="vheading2">Luke 18</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/luke/18-1.htm">Of the importunate widow.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/luke/18-9.htm">Of the Pharisee and the tax collector.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/luke/18-15.htm">Of Children brought to Jesus.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/luke/18-18.htm">A ruler would follow Jesus, but is hindered by his riches.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">28. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/luke/18-28.htm">The reward of those who leave all for his sake.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">31. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/luke/18-31.htm">He foretells his death;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">35. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/luke/18-35.htm">and restores a blind man to sight.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading"><a href="/study/luke/18.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></div><b>I fast twice a week</b><br />This phrase is spoken by the Pharisee in Jesus' parable, highlighting his self-righteousness. The practice of fasting twice a week was common among devout Jews during the Second Temple period, typically on Mondays and Thursdays. The Greek word for "fast" is "νηστεύω" (nēsteuō), which means to abstain from food for religious reasons. Fasting was intended as an act of humility and devotion, yet here it is used to boast of personal piety. Historically, fasting was a means to seek God's favor or guidance, but the Pharisee's approach reflects a legalistic mindset, focusing on outward rituals rather than inward transformation.<p><b>I give a tenth of all that I acquire</b><br />The act of tithing, or giving a tenth, is rooted in the Old Testament law, where the Hebrew word "מַעֲשֵׂר" (ma'aser) refers to the practice of giving a tenth of one's produce or earnings to support the Levites and the temple (<a href="/leviticus/27-30.htm">Leviticus 27:30-32</a>). The Pharisee's declaration of tithing "all that I acquire" suggests meticulous adherence to the law, extending even to the smallest of possessions. However, Jesus' teaching often emphasized the spirit of the law over the letter, urging believers to focus on justice, mercy, and faithfulness (<a href="/matthew/23-23.htm">Matthew 23:23</a>). The Pharisee's emphasis on tithing highlights a superficial righteousness, contrasting with the humble, repentant heart God desires.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/luke/18.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(12) <span class= "bld">I fast twice in the week.</span>--From the negative side of his self-analysis the Pharisee passes to the positive. The Stoic Emperor is a little less systematic, or rather groups his thanksgiving after a different plan, and, it must be owned, with a higher ethical standard. On the fasts of the Pharisees on the third and fifth days of the week, see Note on <a href="/matthew/6-16.htm" title="Moreover when you fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear to men to fast. Truly I say to you, They have their reward.">Matthew 6:16</a>.<p><span class= "bld">I give tithes of all that I possess.</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">of all that I acquire,</span> as in <a href="/matthew/10-9.htm" title="Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses,">Matthew 10:9</a>; <a href="/acts/1-18.htm" title="Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the middle, and all his bowels gushed out.">Acts 1:18</a>. Tithe was a tax on produce, not on property. The boast of the Pharisee is, that he paid the lesser tithes, as well as the greater--of mint, anise, and cummin (<a href="/matthew/23-23.htm" title="Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought you to have done, and not to leave the other undone.">Matthew 23:23</a>), as well as of corn and wine and oil. There is something obviously intended to be significant in the man's selection of the good deeds on which he plumes himself. He does not think, as Job did in his boasting mood, that he had been "a father to the poor," and had "made the widow's heart to sing for joy" (<a href="/job/29-13.htm" title="The blessing of him that was ready to perish came on me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.">Job 29:13</a>; <a href="/job/29-16.htm" title="I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.">Job 29:16</a>), nor look back, as Nehemiah looked, upon good deeds done for his country (<a href="/nehemiah/13-14.htm" title="Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for the offices thereof.">Nehemiah 13:14</a>; <a href="/nehemiah/13-22.htm" title="And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath day. Remember me, O my God, concerning this also, and spare me according to the greatness of your mercy.">Nehemiah 13:22</a>; <a href="/nehemiah/13-31.htm" title="And for the wood offering, at times appointed, and for the first fruits. Remember me, O my God, for good.">Nehemiah 13:31</a>) in the work of reformation. For him fasting and tithes have come to supersede the "weightier matters of the Law" (<a href="/matthew/23-23.htm" title="Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought you to have done, and not to leave the other undone.">Matthew 23:23</a>). . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/luke/18.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 12</span> - <span class="cmt_word">I fast twice in the week</span>. There was no such precept in the Law of Moses. There only a single fast-day in the year was enjoined, <span class="accented">the Day of Atonement</span> (<a href="/leviticus/16-29.htm">Leviticus 16:29</a>). By the time of Zechariah the prophet (Zechariah 8:19) the one fast-day had grown into four. But this fasting twice every week was a burthensome observance imposed in the later oral Law. Thursday and Monday were the appointed fasting-days, because tradition related how, on those days, Moses ascended and descended from Sinai. Compare the Talmud (treatise 'Bava Khama,' fol. 82. 1). <span class="cmt_word">I give tithes of all that I possess</span>. Here, again, the Mosaic ordinance only enjoined tithes of corn, wine, oil, and cattle. The later rabbinic schools directed that everything should be tithed, down to the mint and anise and cummin. And so this poor deluded Pharisee dreamed he had earned his eternal salvation, <span class="accented">forgetting</span> that the tithes he so prided himself on paying were merely tithes of goods of which he was steward for a little time, tithes, too, given back to their real Owner - God. Could this be counted <span class="accented">a claim</span> upon God? He boasted, too, that he was no extortioner: did he forget how often he had coveted? He was no adulterer: what of those wicked thoughts which so often found a home in his heart? He rejoiced that he was not like the publican and others of that same class: did he think of the sore temptations to which these and the like were exposed, and from which he was free? He gloried in his miserable tithes and offerings: did he remember how really mean and selfish he was? did he think of his luxury and abundance, and of the want and misery of thousands round him? did his poor pitiful generosity constitute a <span class="accented">claim</span> to salvation? All this and more is shrined in the exquisite story of Jesus, who shows men that salvation - if it be given to men at all - must be given entirely as a free gift of God. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/luke/18-12.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">I fast</span><br /><span class="grk">νηστεύω</span> <span class="translit">(nēsteuō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3522.htm">Strong's 3522: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fast, abstain from food. From nestis; to abstain from food.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">twice</span><br /><span class="grk">δὶς</span> <span class="translit">(dis)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1364.htm">Strong's 1364: </a> </span><span class="str2">Twice, entirely, utterly. Adverb from duo; twice.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a</span><br /><span class="grk">τοῦ</span> <span class="translit">(tou)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article - Genitive Neuter Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">week</span><br /><span class="grk">σαββάτου</span> <span class="translit">(sabbatou)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4521.htm">Strong's 4521: </a> </span><span class="str2">The Sabbath, a week. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">[and] pay tithes</span><br /><span class="grk">ἀποδεκατῶ</span> <span class="translit">(apodekatō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_586.htm">Strong's 586: </a> </span><span class="str2">To take off (deduct) a tenth part (of my property) (and give it away), pay tithe. From apo and dekatoo; to tithe.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of all that</span><br /><span class="grk">πάντα</span> <span class="translit">(panta)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3956.htm">Strong's 3956: </a> </span><span class="str2">All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I receive.’</span><br /><span class="grk">κτῶμαι</span> <span class="translit">(ktōmai)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 1st Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2932.htm">Strong's 2932: </a> </span><span class="str2">(a) I acquire, win, get, purchase, buy, (b) I possess, win mastery over. 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