But because it was possible that some, hearing the Lord speak thus, might thereupon neglect paying tithes of small things, He prudently adds, “These things ought ye to have done,” (i.e. justice, mercy, and faith,) “and not to leave the others undone,” i.e. the tithing of mint, anise, and cummin.
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