Luke 18:12

¹⁰ “Two men went up to the temple to pray. One was a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.

¹¹ 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.

I fast twice a week and pay tithes of all that I acquire.’

¹³ 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!’

¹⁴ I tell you, this man, rather than the Pharisee, went home justified. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: I fast twice a week and pay tithes of all that I acquire.’
KJV: I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.
WEB: I fast twice a week. I give tithes of all that I get.’
ASV: I fast twice in the week; I give tithes of all that I get.
DARBY: I fast twice in the week, I tithe everything I gain.
BLB: I fast twice in the week; I tithe all things, as many as I gain.’

ÅB: Jeg faster to ganger om uken, jeg gir tiende av all min inntekt.
OTB: Jeg faster to ganger i uken og gir tiende av alt jeg får.’
B1930: Jeg faster to ganger om uken, jeg gir tiende av all min inntekt.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Luke 11:42
Woe 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.
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Matthew 23:23–24
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.
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Luke 17:10
So you also, when you have done everything commanded of you, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.’”
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Matthew 9:14
At 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?”
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1 Timothy 4:8
For 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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Matthew 15:7–9
You hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you:
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Leviticus 27:30–33
Thus 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.
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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.
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