¹² I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I possess.’

^42 (A)“But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and ^(B)pass by justice and the ^(C)love of God. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone.

Jesus Is Questioned About Fasting^(A)

¹⁴ Then the disciples of John came to Him, saying, ^(B)“Why do we and the Pharisees fast ^[a]often, but Your disciples do not fast?”

²³ “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! ^(A)For you pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and ^(B)have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone. ²⁴ Blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!

¹⁰ So likewise you, when you have done all those things which you are commanded, say, ‘We are ^(A)unprofitable servants. We have done what was our duty to do.’ ”

^7 (A)Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy about you, saying:

Do Good to Please God

6 “Take heed that you do not do your charitable deeds before men, to be seen by them. Otherwise you have no reward from your Father in heaven.

Do Not Rob God

⁸ For ^(A)bodily exercise profits a little, but godliness is profitable for all things, ^(B)having promise of the life that now is and of that which is to come.