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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Luke 18:12

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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18:12 I fast twice a week, and I give you a tenth of my income: Fasting and tithing were signs of piety in Judaism. The law required fasting only once a year (Lev 16:29-31), but pious Jews in Jesus’ day fasted twice a week (see also Luke 5:33; 11:41-42).
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