Luke 18:12

¹⁰ Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.

¹¹ The 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.

I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.

¹³ And 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.

¹⁴ I 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.

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
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.
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Matthew 23:23–24
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.
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Luke 17:10
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.
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Matthew 9:14
Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?
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1 Timothy 4:8
For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
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Matthew 15:7–9
Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,
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Leviticus 27:30–33
And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD’s: it is holy unto the LORD.
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Matthew 6:1
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.
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