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Luke 18:12 KJV
Luke · chapter 18 · verse 12
I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.Luke 18:12 · King James Version
Luke 18:12 in context
10Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.
11The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
12I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.
13And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
14I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
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- tithesapodekatoōto give, pay a tithe of anything, to exact receive a tenth from anyoneG586 →
- twicedistwiceG1364 →
- fastnēsteuōto abstain as a religious exercise from food and drink either entirely, if the fast…G3522 →
- weeksabbatonthe seventh day of each week which was a sacred festival on which the Israelites were…G4521 →
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The scope of this parable likewise is prefixed to it, and we are told (Luk 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.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 9-14