Verse 12
12. I fast From his mere virtues, the Pharisee proceeds to his pieties. He has works of supererogation to tell.
Twice in the week By the Mosaic law, required but once a year. So that these two fasts a week were extra and voluntary holiness and merit to spare.
Tithes The tenth parts.
All I possess This translation scarcely does credit to the Pharisee’s piety. It should be rendered all that I acquire. He gave tithes both of property and income.
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