Luke 18:12
I fast twice per Sabbath. I tithe all things, as many as I acquire.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.
In Context
Cross References
Leviticus 27:30And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is LORD's; it is holy to LORD.
Numbers 23:4And God met Balaam, and he said to him, I have prepared the seven altars, and I have offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar.
2 Kings 10:16And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for LORD. So they made him ride in his chariot.
Isaiah 58:2Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways. As a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God, they ask of me righteous judgments; they delight to draw near to God.
Malachi 3:8Will a man rob God? Yet ye rob me. But ye say, How have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
Matthew 6:5And when thou pray, thou shall not be as the hypocrites, because they love to pray having stood in the synagogues and in the corners of the thoroughfares, so that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward.
Matthew Henry on Luke 18:10-15
The Pharisee and the Publican. 9 And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: 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. 12 I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess. 13 And the publican, standing afar off, would not… Read the whole commentary →