I fast twice a week, and I give you a tenth of my income.’

我一个礼拜禁食两次，凡我所得的都捐上十分之一。’

我每周禁食两次，凡我所得的都献上十分之一。’

我每周禁食两次，凡我所得的都献上十分之一。’

我每周禁食两次，奉献全部收入的十分之一。’

我一个礼拜禁食两次，我的一切收入都奉献十分之一。’

我一周禁食两次，并奉献我所有收入的十分之一。’

我一個禮拜禁食兩次，凡我所得的都捐上十分之一。』

我每週禁食兩次，凡我所得的都獻上十分之一。』

我每週禁食兩次，凡我所得的都獻上十分之一。』

我每週禁食兩次，奉獻全部收入的十分之一。』

我一個禮拜禁食兩次，我的一切收入都奉獻十分之一。’

我每安息週禁食兩次；凡所賺得的，我納上十分之一。」

我一週禁食兩次，並奉獻我所有收入的十分之一。』

我七日禁食者二、而以所得者十輸其一、

我七日禁食者二、而以所有十輸其一、

我七日禁食二日、以凡所得者、十輸其一、

我每週守齋二次、所得什一以獻。」

I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.’

I fast twice a week. And I give a tenth of all I get.’

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

I fast twice a week; I give a tenth of everything I get.’

I fast twice a week; I pay tithes of all that I get.’

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

I fast twice in the week; I give tithes of all that I get.

I fast twice a week; I give a tenth of everything I get.’

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

I fast twice a week; I give a tenth of everything I get.’

I fast twice a week. I give tithes of all that I get.’

“ What sorrow awaits you Pharisees! For you are careful to tithe even the tiniest income from your herb gardens, but you ignore justice and the love of God. You should tithe, yes, but do not neglect the more important things.

One day the disciples of John the Baptist came to Jesus and asked him,“ Why don’t your disciples fast like we do and the Pharisees do?”

“ 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, 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.Blind guides! You strain your water so you won’t accidentally swallow a gnat, but you swallow a camel!

In the same way, when you obey me you should say,‘ We are unworthy servants who have simply done our duty.’”

You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you, for he wrote,‘ These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.Their worship is a farce, for they teach man made ideas as commands from God.’”

“ Should people cheat God? Yet you have cheated me!“ But you ask,‘ What do you mean? When did we ever cheat you?’“ You have cheated me of the tithes and offerings due to me.

“ Watch out! Don’t do your good deeds publicly, to be admired by others, for you will lose the reward from your Father in heaven.

“ Say to all your people and your priests,‘ During these seventy years of exile, when you fasted and mourned in the summer and in early autumn, was it really for me that you were fasting?And even now in your holy festivals, aren’t you eating and drinking just to please yourselves?

“ When you pray, don’t be like the hypocrites who love to pray publicly on street corners and in the synagogues where everyone can see them. I tell you the truth, that is all the reward they will ever get.

Can we boast, then, that we have done anything to be accepted by God? No, because our acquittal is not based on obeying the law. It is based on faith.

Dear brothers and sisters, the longing of my heart and my prayer to God is for the people of Israel to be saved.I know what enthusiasm they have for God, but it is misdirected zeal.For they don’t understand God’s way of making people right with himself. Refusing to accept God’s way, they cling to their own way of getting right with God by trying to keep the law.

because I have given them the Israelites’ tithes, which have been presented as sacred offerings to the Lord. This will be the Levites’ share. That is why I said they would receive no allotment of land among the Israelites.”

As a result, no one can ever boast in the presence of God.

When you lift up your hands in prayer, I will not look. Though you offer many prayers, I will not listen, for your hands are covered with the blood of innocent victims.

Yet they act so pious! They come to the Temple every day and seem delighted to learn all about me. They act like a righteous nation that would never abandon the laws of its God. They ask me to take action on their behalf, pretending they want to be near me.‘ We have fasted before you!’ they say.‘ Why aren’t you impressed? We have been very hard on ourselves, and you don’t even notice it!’“ I will tell you why!” I respond.“ It’s because you are fasting to please yourselves. Even while you fast, you keep oppressing your workers.

I was far ahead of my fellow Jews in my zeal for the traditions of my ancestors.

“ And when you fast, don’t make it obvious, as the hypocrites do, for they try to look miserable and disheveled so people will admire them for their fasting. I tell you the truth, that is the only reward they will ever get.

and God met him there. Balaam said to him,“ I have prepared seven altars and have sacrificed a young bull and a ram on each altar.”

Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it.

“ One tenth of the produce of the land, whether grain from the fields or fruit from the trees, belongs to the Lord and must be set apart to him as holy.If you want to buy back the Lord’s tenth of the grain or fruit, you must pay its value, plus 20 percent.Count off every tenth animal from your herds and flocks and set them apart for the Lord as holy.You may not pick and choose between good and bad animals, and you may not substitute one for another. But if you do exchange one animal for another, then both the original animal and its substitute will be considered holy and cannot be bought back.”

Then Jehu said,“ Now come with me, and see how devoted I am to the Lord.” So Jehonadab rode along with him.

“ Physical training is good, but training for godliness is much better, promising benefits in this life and in the life to come.”

When Samuel finally found him, Saul greeted him cheerfully.“ May the Lord bless you,” he said.“ I have carried out the Lord’s command!”