Matthew 23:23-24

Seven Woes to the Scribes and Pharisees

²³ _d "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For _e you tithe mint and dill and _f cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: _g justice and mercy and faithfulness. _h These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others. ²⁴ You blind guides, straining out a gnat and swallowing _i a camel!

1. Cross References
   Luke 11:42
   But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every herb, and neglect justice and the love of God. These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others.
   
2. Cross References
   Deuteronomy 14:22
   You shall tithe all the yield of your seed that comes from the field year by year.
   Luke 18:12
   I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I get.
   
3. Cross References
   Isaiah 28:25
   When he has leveled its surface, does he not scatter dill, sow cumin, and put in wheat in rows and barley in its proper place, and emmer as the border?
   Isaiah 28:27
   Dill is not threshed with a threshing sledge, nor is a cart wheel rolled over cumin, but dill is beaten out with a stick, and cumin with a rod.
   
4. Cross References
   Psalms 33:5
   He loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the steadfast love of the Lord.
   Jeremiah 5:1
   Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, look and take note! Search her squares to see if you can find a man, one who does justice and seeks truth, that I may pardon her.
   Micah 6:8
   He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?
   Zechariah 7:9
   Thus says the Lord of hosts, Render true judgments, show kindness and mercy to one another.
   
5. Cross References
   1 Samuel 15:22
   And Samuel said, "Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord ? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams.
   
6. Cross References
   Matthew 19:24
   Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.