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Luke 18:12

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— ‘I fast twice a week; I pay tithes of all that I get.’
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— I fast twice in the week; I give tithes of all that I get.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— I fast twice in the week; I give tithes of all that I get.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— I fast twice in the week, I tithe everything I gain.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— I fast twice in the week, I give a tenth of whatsoever things I gain!
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all things—as many as I possess.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— I fast twice in a week: I give tithes of all that I possess.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— I fast twise in the weeke: I giue tithe of all that euer I possesse.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— I fast twise in the weeke, I giue tithes of all that I possesse.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— But I fast twice a week, and I give tithes on everything I earn.
John Etheridge Peshitta-Aramaic NT (1849)
— But I fast twice in the week, and tithe whatever I possess.
James Murdock Peshitta-Aramaic NT (1852)
— But I fast twice in a week, and tithe all I possess.

Strong's Numbers & Red-LettersGreek New TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
I fast 3522
{3522} Prime
νηστεύω
nesteuo
{nace-tyoo'-o}
From G3523; to abstain from food (religiously).
z5719
<5719> Grammar
Tense - Present (See G5774)
Voice - Active (See G5784)
Mood - Indicative (See G5791)
Count - 3019
twice 1364
{1364} Prime
δίς
dis
{dece}
Adverb from G1417; twice.
in the x3588
(3588) Complement

ho
{ho}
The masculine, feminine (second) and neuter (third) forms, in all their inflections; the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom).
week, 4521
{4521} Prime
σάββατον
sabbaton
{sab'-bat-on}
Of Hebrew origin [H7676]; the Sabbath (that is, Shabbath), or day of weekly repose from secular avocations (also the observance or institution itself); by extension a se'nnight, that is, the interval between two Sabbaths; likewise the plural in all the above applications.
I give tithes 586
{0586} Prime
ἀποδεκατόω
apodekatoo
{ap-od-ek-at-o'-o}
From G0575 and G1183; to tithe (as debtor or creditor).
z5719
<5719> Grammar
Tense - Present (See G5774)
Voice - Active (See G5784)
Mood - Indicative (See G5791)
Count - 3019
of all 3956
{3956} Prime
πᾶς
pas
{pas}
Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.
that 3745
{3745} Prime
ὅσος
hosos
{hos'-os}
By reduplication from G3739; as (much, great, long, etc.) as.
I possess. 2932
{2932} Prime
κτάομαι
ktaomai
{ktah'-om-ahee}
A primary verb; to get, that is, acquire (by any means; own).
z5736
<5736> Grammar
Tense - Present (See G5774)
Voice - Middle or Passive Deponent (See G5790)
Mood - Indicative (See G5791)
Count - 618
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

See commentary on Luke 18:11-12.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Luke 18:9-14.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Luke 18:12

I fast twice in the week — So did all the strict Pharisees: every Monday and Thursday. I give tithes of all that I possess — Many of them gave one full tenth of their income in tithes, and another tenth in alms. the sum of this plea is, I do no harm: I use all the means of grace: I do all the good I can.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

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fast:

Luke 17:10 So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do.
Numbers 23:4 And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon [every] altar a bullock and a ram.
1 Samuel 15:13 And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed [be] thou of the LORD: I have performed the commandment of the LORD.
2 Kings 10:16 And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD. So they made him ride in his chariot.
Isaiah 1:15 And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
Isaiah 58:2-3 Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God. ... Wherefore have we fasted, [say they], and thou seest not? [wherefore] have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.
Zechariah 7:5-6 Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh [month], even those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, [even] to me? ... And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did not ye eat [for yourselves], and drink [for yourselves]?
Matthew 6:1 Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.
Matthew 6:5 And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites [are]: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Matthew 6:16 Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Matthew 9:14 Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?
Matthew 15:7-9 [Ye] hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying, ... But in vain they do worship me, teaching [for] doctrines the commandments of men.
Romans 3:27 Where [is] boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.
Romans 10:1-3 Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved. ... For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.
1 Corinthians 1:29 That no flesh should glory in his presence.
Galatians 1:14 And profited in the Jews' religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers.
Ephesians 2:9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.
1 Timothy 4:8 For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.

I give:

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.
Leviticus 27:30-33 And all the tithe of the land, [whether] of the seed of the land, [or] of the fruit of the tree, [is] the LORD'S: [it is] holy unto the LORD. ... He shall not search whether it be good or bad, neither shall he change it: and if he change it at all, then both it and the change thereof shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed.
Numbers 18:24 But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer [as] an heave offering unto the LORD, I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.
Malachi 3:8 Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
Matthew 23:23-24 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. ... [Ye] blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.
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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

Lv 27:30. Nu 18:24; 23:4. 1S 15:13. 2K 10:16. Is 1:15; 58:2. Zc 7:5. Mal 3:8. Mt 6:1, 5, 16; 9:14; 15:7; 23:23. Lk 11:42; 17:10. Ro 3:27; 10:1. 1Co 1:29. Ga 1:14. Ep 2:9. 1Ti 4:8.

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