Luke 18:12
New International Version
I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.’

New Living Translation
I fast twice a week, and I give you a tenth of my income.’

English Standard Version
I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I get.’

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

Berean Literal Bible
I fast twice in the week; I tithe all things, as many as I gain.'

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

New King James Version
I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I possess.’

New American Standard Bible
I fast twice a week; I pay tithes of all that I get.’

NASB 1995
‘I fast twice a week; I pay tithes of all that I get.’

NASB 1977
‘I fast twice a week; I pay tithes of all that I get.’

Legacy Standard Bible
I fast twice a week; I pay tithes of all that I get.’

Amplified Bible
I fast twice a week; I pay tithes of all that I get.’

Christian Standard Bible
I fast twice a week; I give a tenth of everything I get.’

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I fast twice a week; I give a tenth of everything I get.’

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“But I fast twice in a week and I tithe everything that I possess.”

Contemporary English Version
I go without eating for two days a week, and I give you one tenth of all I earn."

Douay-Rheims Bible
I fast twice in a week: I give tithes of all that I possess.

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I fast twice a week, and I give you a tenth of my entire income.'

Good News Translation
I fast two days a week, and I give you one tenth of all my income.'

International Standard Version
I fast twice a week, and I give a tenth of my entire income.'

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

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

New American Bible
I fast twice a week, and I pay tithes on my whole income.’

NET Bible
I fast twice a week; I give a tenth of everything I get.'

New Revised Standard Version
I fast twice a week; I give a tenth of all my income.’

New Heart English Bible
I fast twice a week. I give tithes of all that I get.'

Webster's Bible Translation
I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.

Weymouth New Testament
I fast twice a week. I pay the tithe on all my gains.'

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

Young's Literal Translation
I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all things -- as many as I possess.

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Context
The Pharisee and Tax Collector
11The 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. 12I fast twice a week and pay tithes of all that I acquire.’ 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!’…

Cross References
Isaiah 58:3
"Why have we fasted, and You have not seen? Why have we humbled ourselves, and You have not noticed?" "Behold, on the day of your fast, you do as you please, and you oppress all your workers.

Matthew 5:20
For I tell you that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

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?"

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.


Treasury of Scripture

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

fast.

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.

Numbers 23:4
And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon every altar a bullock and a ram.

1 Samuel 15:13
And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou of the LORD: I have performed the commandment of the LORD.

I give.

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.

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…

Numbers 18:24
But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as an heave offering unto the LORD, I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.

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Luke 18
1. Of the importunate widow.
9. Of the Pharisee and the tax collector.
15. Of Children brought to Jesus.
18. A ruler would follow Jesus, but is hindered by his riches.
28. The reward of those who leave all for his sake.
31. He foretells his death;
35. and restores a blind man to sight.














(12) I fast twice in the week.--From the negative side of his self-analysis the Pharisee passes to the positive. The Stoic Emperor is a little less systematic, or rather groups his thanksgiving after a different plan, and, it must be owned, with a higher ethical standard. On the fasts of the Pharisees on the third and fifth days of the week, see Note on Matthew 6:16.

I give tithes of all that I possess.--Better, of all that I acquire, as in Matthew 10:9; Acts 1:18. Tithe was a tax on produce, not on property. The boast of the Pharisee is, that he paid the lesser tithes, as well as the greater--of mint, anise, and cummin (Matthew 23:23), as well as of corn and wine and oil. There is something obviously intended to be significant in the man's selection of the good deeds on which he plumes himself. He does not think, as Job did in his boasting mood, that he had been "a father to the poor," and had "made the widow's heart to sing for joy" (Job 29:13; Job 29:16), nor look back, as Nehemiah looked, upon good deeds done for his country (Nehemiah 13:14; Nehemiah 13:22; Nehemiah 13:31) in the work of reformation. For him fasting and tithes have come to supersede the "weightier matters of the Law" (Matthew 23:23). . . .

Verse 12 - I fast twice in the week. There was no such precept in the Law of Moses. There only a single fast-day in the year was enjoined, the Day of Atonement (Leviticus 16:29). By the time of Zechariah the prophet (Zechariah 8:19) the one fast-day had grown into four. But this fasting twice every week was a burthensome observance imposed in the later oral Law. Thursday and Monday were the appointed fasting-days, because tradition related how, on those days, Moses ascended and descended from Sinai. Compare the Talmud (treatise 'Bava Khama,' fol. 82. 1). I give tithes of all that I possess. Here, again, the Mosaic ordinance only enjoined tithes of corn, wine, oil, and cattle. The later rabbinic schools directed that everything should be tithed, down to the mint and anise and cummin. And so this poor deluded Pharisee dreamed he had earned his eternal salvation, forgetting that the tithes he so prided himself on paying were merely tithes of goods of which he was steward for a little time, tithes, too, given back to their real Owner - God. Could this be counted a claim upon God? He boasted, too, that he was no extortioner: did he forget how often he had coveted? He was no adulterer: what of those wicked thoughts which so often found a home in his heart? He rejoiced that he was not like the publican and others of that same class: did he think of the sore temptations to which these and the like were exposed, and from which he was free? He gloried in his miserable tithes and offerings: did he remember how really mean and selfish he was? did he think of his luxury and abundance, and of the want and misery of thousands round him? did his poor pitiful generosity constitute a claim to salvation? All this and more is shrined in the exquisite story of Jesus, who shows men that salvation - if it be given to men at all - must be given entirely as a free gift of God.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
I fast
νηστεύω (nēsteuō)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's 3522: To fast, abstain from food. From nestis; to abstain from food.

twice
δὶς (dis)
Adverb
Strong's 1364: Twice, entirely, utterly. Adverb from duo; twice.

a
τοῦ (tou)
Article - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

week
σαββάτου (sabbatou)
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's 4521: The Sabbath, a week.

[and] pay tithes
ἀποδεκατῶ (apodekatō)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's 586: To take off (deduct) a tenth part (of my property) (and give it away), pay tithe. From apo and dekatoo; to tithe.

of all that
πάντα (panta)
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.

I receive.’
κτῶμαι (ktōmai)
Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 1st Person Singular
Strong's 2932: (a) I acquire, win, get, purchase, buy, (b) I possess, win mastery over. A primary verb; to get, i.e. Acquire.


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