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A leader carefully measures small herbs for a tithe in Jesus’s critique.
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Matthew 23:23

The Weightier Matters of the Law

Jesus Warns the Leaders and Laments Jerusalem · Matthew 23

Story guide: Careful herb measuring and the overlooked neighbor illustrate the contrast with justice, mercy, and faith.

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23Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith. These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others.

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