Luke 18:12 “I fast twice a week and pay tithes of all that I acquire.’”

Luke 18:12

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

I fast twice a week. I give tithes of all that I get.’

American Standard Version

I fast twice in the week; I give tithes of all that I get.

Geneva Bible 1599

I fast twise in the weeke: I giue tithe of all that euer I possesse.

Darby Translation

I fast twice in the week, I tithe everything I gain.

Young's Literal Translation

I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all things — as many as I possess.

Bible in Basic English

Twice in the week I go without food; I give a tenth of all I have.

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Cross references

“fast”

Luke 17:10 Matthew 9:14 Matthew 6:1 Matthew 15:7–9 1 Timothy 4:8 Numbers 23:4

Luke 17:10 · BSB

So you also, when you have done everything commanded of you, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.’”

Matthew 9:14 · BSB

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?”

Matthew 6:1 · BSB

“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 15:7–9 · BSB

You hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you:

1 Timothy 4:8 · BSB

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.

Numbers 23:4 · BSB

and God met with him. “I have set up seven altars,” Balaam said, “and on each altar I have offered a bull and a ram.”

“I give”

Luke 11:42 Leviticus 27:30–33 Malachi 3:8 Numbers 18:24 Matthew 23:23 Matthew 23:24

Luke 11:42 · BSB

Woe to you Pharisees! For 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.

Leviticus 27:30–33 · BSB

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.

Malachi 3:8 · BSB

Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you ask, ‘How do we rob You?’ In tithes and offerings.

Numbers 18:24 · BSB

For 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.”

Matthew 23:23 · BSB

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 latte…

Matthew 23:24 · BSB

You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

11The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other men—swindlers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.

13But 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!’

Read Luke 18