Matthew 23:23

English Majority Text Version

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you pay tithes of mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the more important things of the law: justice and mercy and faith. These things you should have done, and not have neglected the others.

Cross References

Matthew 12:7

But if you had known what this means, 'I desire mercy and not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the guiltless.

Matthew 23:13

But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.

Matthew 9:13

But go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy and not sacrifice.' For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance."

Luke 11:42

But woe to you Pharisees! Because you pay a tithe of mint and rue and every vegetable, and you pass over justice and the love of God. These things you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone.

Luke 18:12

I fast twice a week, I tithe on all things, as many as I acquire.'