Mint

Mint was a small garden herb, common enough to grow at home, that observant Pharisees tithed down to the leaf — a level of precision Jesus said they’d gotten backwards. They measured out a tenth of their spice rack while neglecting justice, mercy, and faith.

• “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

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