To this criticism of the externalism of the Pharisees, the only thing strictly relevant to the situation as described, are appended three of Mt.'s “woes” directed against their will-worship in tithing (Matthew 23:23), their love of prominence (Matthew 23:6, not formally put as a “woe”), and their hypocrisy (Matthew 23:27). πήγανον, rue, instead of Mt.'s ἄνηθον, anise, here only in N.T. πᾶν λάχανον, every herb, general statement, instead of Mt.'s third sample, κύμινον. τὴν ἀγάπην τ. Θ., the love of God, instead of Mt.'s mercy and faith.

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