Charles Spurgeon Commentary Luke 18:12

"I fast twice in the week; I give tithes of all that I get." — Luke 18:12 (ASV)

I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.

Observe that there is no prayer in all that the Pharisee said.

There was a great deal of self-righteousness and self-congratulation; but nothing else. There was certainly no prayer at all in it.

I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.

There his prayer ended, and he stood in a most enviable state of contentment, delighted with himself, lost in the contemplation of his own ineffable purity. I think I see him in all his glory, yet I quickly turn to the other part of the temple, further away from the most sacred place, for there I behold the true worshipper.