Matthew 23:23 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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Woe, &c. Compare Matthew 5:7, and see App-126.

pay tithe. tithe, or take tithes. Eng. tithe. tenth; hence,. district containing ten families was called. tithing

anise. dill. Occurs only here.

cummin. Hebrew. kumin. Greek. kuminon. (Occurs only here.) Germ, kummel.

faith. Or, faithfulness, as in Romans 8:3.Galatians 1:5; Galatians 1:22.

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Matthew 23:23

23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anisec 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.