Luke 18:12

New American Bible - revised edition

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

Cross References

2 Kings 10:16

and said, “Come with me and see my zeal for the Lord.” And they took him along in his chariot. Slaughter of the Worshipers of Baal.

Isaiah 1:15

When you spread out your hands, I will close my eyes to you; Though you pray the more, I will not listen. Your hands are full of blood!

Malachi 3:8

Can anyone rob God? But you are robbing me! And you say, “How have we robbed you?” Of tithes and contributions!

Numbers 18:24

for I have assigned to the Levites as their heritage the tithes which the Israelites put aside as a contribution to the Lord. That is why I have said, they will not have any heritage among the Israelites. Tithes Paid by the Levites.

Numbers 23:4

Then God met Balaam, and Balak said to him: “I have erected the seven altars, and have offered a bull and a ram on each altar.”

Matthew 5:20

I tell you, unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Teaching About Anger.

Matthew 6:1

“[But] take care not to perform righteous deeds in order that people may see them; otherwise, you will have no recompense from your heavenly Father.

Matthew 6:16

“When you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites. They neglect their appearance, so that they may appear to others to be fasting. Amen, I say to you, they have received their reward.

Matthew 6:5

“When you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, who love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on street corners so that others may see them. Amen, I say to you, they have received their reward.

Matthew 9:14

Then the disciples of John approached him and said, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast [much], but your disciples do not fast?”

Luke 11:42

Woe to you Pharisees! You pay tithes of mint and of rue and of every garden herb, but you pay no attention to judgment and to love for God. These you should have done, without overlooking the others.

Luke 17:10

So should it be with you. When you have done all you have been commanded, say, ‘We are unprofitable servants; we have done what we were obliged to do.’” The Cleansing of Ten Lepers.

Romans 3:27

What occasion is there then for boasting? It is ruled out. On what principle, that of works? No, rather on the principle of faith.

1 Corinthians 1:29

so that no human being might boast before God.

Galatians 1:14

and progressed in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries among my race, since I was even more a zealot for my ancestral traditions.

Ephesians 2:9

it is not from works, so no one may boast.

1 Timothy 4:8

for, while physical training is of limited value, devotion is valuable in every respect, since it holds a promise of life both for the present and for the future.

1 Samuel 15:13

When Samuel came to him, Saul greeted him: “The Lord bless you! I have kept the command of the Lord.”