Mat 23:23 | RWP | e4.org | Ye tithe ( αποδεκατουτε ). The tithe had to be paid upon "all the increase of thy seed" ( ; ). The English word tithe is tenth. These small aromatic herbs, mint ( το ηδυοσμον , sweet-smelling), anise or dill ( ανηθον ), cummin ( κυμινον , with aromatic seeds), show the Pharisaic scrupulous conscientiousness, all marketable commodities. "The Talmud tells of the ass of a certain Rabbi which had been so well trained as to refuse corn of which the tithes had not been taken" (Vincent). These ye ought ( ταυτα εδε ). Jesus does not condemn tithing. What he does condemn is doing it to the neglect of the weightier matters ( τα βαρυτερα ). The Pharisees were externalists; cf. .

‏ Matthew 23:23

Ye tithe ( αποδεκατουτε ). The tithe had to be paid upon "all the increase of thy seed" (De 14:22; Le 27:30). The English word tithe is tenth. These small aromatic herbs, mint ( το ηδυοσμον, sweet-smelling), anise or dill ( ανηθον ), cummin ( κυμινον, with aromatic seeds), show the Pharisaic scrupulous conscientiousness, all marketable commodities. "The Talmud tells of the ass of a certain Rabbi which had been so well trained as to refuse corn of which the tithes had not been taken" (Vincent).

These ye ought ( ταυτα εδε ). Jesus does not condemn tithing. What he does condemn is doing it to the neglect of the

weightier matters ( τα βαρυτερα ). The Pharisees were externalists; cf. Lu 11:39-44.