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23 “What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you are careful to tithe even the tiniest income from your herb gardens,[a] but you ignore the more important aspects of the law—justice, mercy, and faith. You should tithe, yes, but do not neglect the more important things. 24 Blind guides! You strain your water so you won’t accidentally swallow a gnat, but you swallow a camel![b]

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Footnotes

  1. 23:23 Greek tithe the mint, the dill, and the cumin.
  2. 23:24 See Lev 11:4, 23, where gnats and camels are both forbidden as food.

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