The Lord said: "Woe to you Pharisees! You pay tithes of mint and of rue and of every garden herb, but you pay no attention to judgment and to love for God. These you should have done, without overlooking the others.Woe to you Pharisees! You love the seat of honor in synagogues and greetings in marketplaces.Woe to you! You are like unseen graves over which people unknowingly walk."Then one of the scholars of the law said to him in reply, "Teacher, by saying this you are insulting us too."And he said, "Woe also to you scholars of the law! You impose on people burdens hard to carry, but you yourselves do not lift one finger to touch them."
Reflection:
The act of Jesus were not meant to insult us about what we were doing. He reminded us to be serious of what we are doing in the church and to other people. If you do alms giving, do it from the bottom of your heart; if you do tithings, do it because you are responsible for it; if you do worshipping God, do it all for the glory of God. Do not just do it because you wanted to show it for others, so others would believe that you are a good person.
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