Those self - righteous Israelites had a problem similar to that of the religious hypocrites to whom Jesus said: “You give the tenth of the mint and the dill and the cumin, but you have disregarded the weightier matters of the Law, namely, justice and mercy and faithfulness.
عیسی به آنان گفت :‏ « نعناع و شبت و زیره را عشر می‌دهید و اعظم احکام شریعت ،‏ یعنی عدالت و رحمت و ایمان را ترک کرده‌اید !‏