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What does the Bible say about tithe in the new testament?

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The New Testament calls believers to give generously, willingly, and faithfully, but does not impose the Old Testament tithe as a universal legal requirement for Christians. Jesus affirmed the seriousness of tithing in Matthew 23:23 and Luke 11:42 while rebuking those who neglected justice, mercy, and faithfulness. Paul teaches that each person should give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver (2 Corinthians 9:7). Believers are to provide for their households (1 Timothy 5:8), remember the needy, and imitate Christ’s self-giving generosity (Acts 20:35; Luke 21:1-4). Tithing may be a wise pattern, but Christian giving flows from grace and stewardship.

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  • 2 Corinthians 9:7

    Let each man give according as he has determined in his heart; not grudgingly, or under compulsion; for God loves a cheerful giver.

  • Matthew 23:23

    "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faith. But you ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.

  • Luke 18:12

    I fast twice a week. I give tithes of all that I get.'

  • Luke 21:1-4

    [1] He looked up, and saw the rich people who were putting their gifts into the treasury. [2] He saw a certain poor widow casting in two small brass coins. [3] He said, "Truly I tell you, this poor widow put in more than all of them, [4] for all these put in gifts for God from their abundance, but she, out of her poverty, put in all that she had to live on."

  • Luke 11:42

    But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every herb, but you bypass justice and the love of God. You ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.

  • Acts 20:35

    In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"

  • Malachi 3:10

    Bring the whole tithe into the store-house, that there may be food in my house, and test me now in this," says Yahweh of hosts, "if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough for.

  • 1 Timothy 5:8

    But if anyone doesn't provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

  • Luke 6:38

    "Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will be given to you. For with the same measure you measure it will be measured back to you."

  • Hebrews 7:5

    They indeed of the sons of Levi who receive the priest's office have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brothers, though these have come out of the loins of Abraham,

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