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Tithe (apodekatoute). Late verb for the more common dekateuō. So in Mat 23:23. Take a tenth off (apo-). Rue (pēganon). Botanical term in late writers from pēgnumi, to make fast because of its thick leaves. Here Mat 23:23 has “anise.”
Every herb (pān lachanon). General term as in Mar 4:32. Matthew has “cummin.”
Pass by (parerchesthe). Present middle indicative of parerchomai, common verb, to go by or beside. Mat 23:23 has “ye have left undone” (aphēkate). Luke here has “love” (agapēn), not in Matthew.
Ought (edei). As in Matthew. Imperfect of a present obligation, not lived up to just like our “ought” (owed, not paid). Pareinai, as in Matthew, the second aorist active infinitive of aphiēmi. to leave off. Common verb. Luke does not have the remark about straining out the gnat and swallowing the camel (Mat 23:34). It is plain that the terrible exposure of the scribes and Pharisees in Matthew 23 in the temple was simply the culmination of previous conflicts such as this one.