Luke 18:12
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“I fast twice a week and pay tithes of all that I acquire.’”
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BSBPD
“I fast twice a week and pay tithes of all that I acquire.’”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“I fast twice in the week; I give tithes of all that I get.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all things--as many as I possess.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Luke 18:12 — 23 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 27:30Thus any tithe from the land, whether from the seed of the land or the fruit of the trees, belongs to the LORD; it is holy to the LORD.
- Numbers 18:24For I have given to the Levites as their inheritance the tithe that the Israelites present to the LORD as a contribution. That is why I told them that they would not receive an inheritance among the Israelites.”
- Numbers 23:4and God met with him. “I have set up seven altars,” Balaam said, “and on each altar I have offered a bull and a ram.”
- 1 Samuel 15:13When Samuel reached him, Saul said to him, “May the LORD bless you. I have carried out the LORD’s instructions.”
- 2 Kings 10:16saying, “Come with me and see my zeal for the LORD!” So he had him ride in his chariot.
- Isaiah 1:15When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.
- Isaiah 58:2For day after day they seek Me and delight to know My ways, like a nation that does what is right and does not forsake the justice of their God. They ask Me for righteous judgments; they delight in the nearness of God.”
- Zechariah 7:5“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?
- Malachi 3:8Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you ask, ‘How do we rob You?’ In tithes and offerings.
- Matthew 6:1“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.
- Matthew 6:5And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.
- Matthew 6:16When 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.
- Matthew 9:14At that time 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?”
- Matthew 15:7You hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you:
- Matthew 23:23Woe 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.
- Luke 11:42Woe to you Pharisees! You pay tithes of mint, rue, and every herb, but you disregard justice and the love of God. You should have practiced the latter without neglecting the former.
- Luke 17:10So you also, when you have done everything commanded of you, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.’”
- Romans 3:27Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. On what principle? On that of works? No, but on that of faith.
- Romans 10:1Brothers, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is for their salvation.
- 1 Corinthians 1:29so that no one may boast in His presence.
- Galatians 1:14I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my fathers.
- Ephesians 2:9not by works, so that no one can boast.
- 1 Timothy 4:8For physical exercise is of limited value, but godliness is valuable in every way, holding promise for the present life and for the one to come.
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