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.

But {G235} woe {G3759} unto you {G5213}, Pharisees {G5330}! for {G3754} ye tithe {G586} mint {G2238} and {G2532} rue {G4076} and {G2532} all manner {G3956} of herbs {G3001}, and {G2532} pass over {G3928} judgment {G2920} and {G2532} the love {G26} of God {G2316}: these {G5023} ought ye {G1163} to have done {G4160}, and not {G3361} to leave {G863} the other {G2548} undone {G863}.

“But woe to you P’rushim! You pay your tithes of mint and rue and every garden herb, but you ignore justice and the love of God. You have an obligation to do these things — but without disregarding the others!

Woe to you Pharisees! You pay tithes of mint, rue, and every herb, but you disregard justice and the love of God. You should have practiced the latter without neglecting the former.

But woe unto you Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and every herb, and pass over justice and the love of God: but these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

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Cross-References

  • Matthew 23:23 (11 votes)

    Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier [matters] of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

  • Luke 18:12 (7 votes)

    I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.

  • Proverbs 21:3 (7 votes)

    ¶ To do justice and judgment [is] more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.

  • Malachi 3:8 (6 votes)

    Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.

  • 1 John 4:20 (6 votes)

    If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?

  • Deuteronomy 10:12 (6 votes)

    ¶ And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,

  • Deuteronomy 10:13 (6 votes)

    To keep the commandments of the LORD, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good?