Luke 18:12

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

I go without eating for two days a week, and I give you one tenth of all I earn.”

Cross References

2 Kings 10:16

and said, “Come with me and see how faithful I am to the LORD.” They rode together in Jehu's chariot

Isaiah 1:15

“No matter how much you pray, I won't listen. You are too violent.

Malachi 3:8

You people are robbing me, your God. And, here you are, asking, “How are we robbing you?” You are robbing me of the offerings and of the ten per cent that belongs to me.

Numbers 18:24

they will be given the crops and newborn animals that the Israelites offer to me.

Numbers 23:4

When God appeared to him, Balaam said, “I have built seven altars and have sacrificed a bull and a ram on each one.”

Matthew 5:20

You must obey God's commands better than the Pharisees and the teachers of the Law obey them. If you don't, I promise you that you will never get into the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 6:1

When you do good deeds, don't try to show off. If you do, you won't get a reward from your Father in heaven.

Matthew 6:16

When you go without eating, don't try to look gloomy as those show-offs do when they go without eating. I can assure you that they already have their reward.

Matthew 6:5

When you pray, don't be like those show-offs who love to stand up and pray in the meeting places and on the street corners. They do this just to look good. I can assure you that they already have their reward.

Matthew 9:14

One day some followers of John the Baptist came and asked Jesus, “Why do we and the Pharisees often go without eating, while your disciples never do?”

Luke 11:42

You Pharisees are in for trouble! You give God a tenth of the spices from your gardens, such as mint and rue. But you cheat people, and you don't love God. You should be fair and kind to others and still give a tenth to God.

Luke 17:10

And that's how it should be with you. When you've done all you should, then say, “We are merely servants, and we have simply done our duty.”

Romans 3:27

What is left for us to boast about? Not a thing! Is it because we obeyed some law? No! It is because of faith.

1 Corinthians 1:29

God did all this to keep anyone from boasting to him.

Galatians 1:14

I was a much better Jew than anyone else my own age, and I obeyed every law that our ancestors had given us.

Ephesians 2:9

It isn't something you have earned, so there is nothing you can boast about.

1 Timothy 4:8

As the saying goes, “Exercise is good for your body, but religion helps you in every way. It promises life now and for ever.” These words are worthwhile and should not be forgotten.

1 Samuel 15:13

Samuel finally caught up with Saul, and Saul told him, “I hope the LORD will bless you! I have done what the LORD told me.”