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NASB | Matthew 23:23 ¶ "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier provisions of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness; but these are the things you should have done without neglecting the others. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 23:23 ¶ "Woe to you, [self-righteous] scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you give a tenth (tithe) of your mint and dill and cumin [focusing on minor matters], and have neglected the weightier [more important moral and spiritual] provisions of the Law: justice and mercy and faithfulness; but these are the [primary] things you ought to have done without neglecting the others. |
Subject: NT tithing completely unbiblical? |
Bible Note: Does a slave own property? Does a slave, when working at the task his master sets him to, keep the proceeds of his labor? No, the master owns all, and receives the payment. If the master commits his goods to the care if his slave, and instructs his slave to obey the master's orders, and to adhere to the master's values, and work to further the master's purpose, and tells the slave he (the master) will require an accounting of what that slave has done with all that was entrusted to that slave, perhaps we should ask a different question. How much of my Master's goods should I keep to use for myself? How long is this life, and how far away that accounting, that I should seek to enrich myself? Just some food for thought. . . Love in Christ, Mark |