Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment*, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
Matthew 23:23
"Jesus was not abolishing the practice of giving one-tenth of ones' income to God. Just the opposite, Jesus' comments reaffirm the permanency of the law of tithing and place it in perspective in relation to what is still more important(weightier): justice, mercy and faith.
The scribes and Pharisees had extended the law of tithing on the produce of the land (Lev 27:30; Deut 14:22-33) to the smallest herbs such as mint, anise, and cummin (spices that were indigenous to that region of the world.) Jesus affirmed this practice. But He condemned the hypocrisy of keeping the letter of the law in small matters while engaging in the exploitation and oppression that the prophets railed against. (Isaiah 1:16-18; Hos. 6:6; Micah 6:8)"
Quote from my Andrews Study Bible notes
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