Verse (Click for Chapter) 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. Contemporary English Version I go without eating for two days a week, and I give you one tenth of all I earn." 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.' Majority Standard Bible I fast twice a week and pay tithes of all that I acquire.’ NET Bible I fast twice a week; I give a tenth of everything I get.' 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.’ Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionI fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all things—as many as I possess. Berean Literal Bible I fast twice in the week; I tithe all things, as many as I gain.' Young's Literal Translation I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all things -- as many as I possess. Smith's Literal Translation I fast twice of the Sabbath; I pay tithes of all I possess. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleI fast twice in a week: I give tithes of all that I possess. Catholic Public Domain Version I fast twice between Sabbaths. I give tithes from all that I possess.’ New American Bible I fast twice a week, and I pay tithes on my whole income.’ New Revised Standard Version I fast twice a week; I give a tenth of all my income.’ Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleBut I fast twice a week, and I give tithes on everything I earn. Aramaic Bible in Plain English “But I fast twice in a week and I tithe everything that I possess.” NT Translations Anderson New TestamentI fast twice in the week; I give tithes of all that I possess. Godbey New Testament Haweis New Testament I keep a fast twice a week, I pay the tenth of all things I possess. Mace New Testament I fast twice a week, and I pay the tythe of all I possess. Weymouth New Testament I fast twice a week. I pay the tithe on all my gains.' Worrell New Testament Worsley New Testament Additional Translations ... Audio Bible 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 Matthew 23:23 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin. But you have disregarded the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former. Matthew 6:16-18 When you fast, do not be somber like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces to show men they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward. / But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, / so that your fasting will not be obvious to men, but only to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. Matthew 9:14 Then 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?” Matthew 6:1-4 “Be careful not to perform your righteous acts before men to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven. / So when you give to the needy, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward. / But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, ... 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. Romans 14:17 For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit. Galatians 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, / gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Philippians 3:6 as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to righteousness in the law, faultless. Colossians 2:16-17 Therefore let no one judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a feast, a New Moon, or a Sabbath. / These are a shadow of the things to come, but the body that casts it belongs to Christ. 1 Corinthians 13:3 If I give all I possess to the poor and exult in the surrender of my body, but have not love, I gain nothing. Isaiah 58:3-7 “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. / You fast with contention and strife to strike viciously with your fist. You cannot fast as you do today and have your voice be heard on high. / Is this the fast I have chosen: a day for a man to deny himself, to bow his head like a reed, and to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Will you call this a fast and a day acceptable to the LORD? ... Micah 6:6-8 With what shall I come before the LORD when I bow before the God on high? Should I come to Him with burnt offerings, with year-old calves? / Would the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I present my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? / He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God? Hosea 6:6 For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings. Amos 5:21-24 “I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies. / Even though you offer Me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; for your peace offerings of fattened cattle I will have no regard. / Take away from Me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps. ... Zechariah 7:5-10 “Ask all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months for these seventy years, was it really for Me that you fasted? / And when you were eating and drinking, were you not doing so simply for yourselves? / Are these not the words that the LORD proclaimed through the earlier prophets, when Jerusalem and its surrounding towns were populous and prosperous, and the Negev and the foothills were inhabited?’” ... 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. Jump to Previous Fast Food Gain Gains Pay Possess Tenth Tithe Tithes Twice WeekJump to Next Fast Food Gain Gains Pay Possess Tenth Tithe Tithes Twice WeekLuke 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. I fast twice a week This phrase is spoken by the Pharisee in Jesus' parable, highlighting his self-righteousness. The practice of fasting twice a week was common among devout Jews during the Second Temple period, typically on Mondays and Thursdays. The Greek word for "fast" is "νηστεύω" (nēsteuō), which means to abstain from food for religious reasons. Fasting was intended as an act of humility and devotion, yet here it is used to boast of personal piety. Historically, fasting was a means to seek God's favor or guidance, but the Pharisee's approach reflects a legalistic mindset, focusing on outward rituals rather than inward transformation. I give a tenth of all that I acquire 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 fastνηστεύω (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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