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40 Fools! Didn’t God make the inside as well as the outside? 41 So clean the inside by giving gifts to the poor, and you will be clean all over.

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

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  1. 11:42 Greek tithe the mint, the rue, and every herb.

40 You foolish people!(A) Did not the one who made the outside make the inside also? 41 But now as for what is inside you—be generous to the poor,(B) and everything will be clean for you.(C)

42 “Woe to you Pharisees, because you give God a tenth(D) of your mint, rue and all other kinds of garden herbs, but you neglect justice and the love of God.(E) You should have practiced the latter without leaving the former undone.(F)

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