360th Post Jesus On Harsh Words for the Religious System Con't. - Matthew 23: 23 - 24.

Matthew 23: 23 - 24.
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone. Blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!
This was spoken by Jesus during His last week of Ministry on Earth, before He was to be crucified.
The Pharisees prided themselves with how well they kept the Law. They kept the letter of the Law, but did not see that the Law also was meant to protect the weaker ones by modifying the Law to match a weaker one's situation. An example would be throwing a widow out of her house because she could not pay all of the temple costs. Justice, mercy and faith. Justice in that situation mentioned above would be to cast her out of her house. Mercy, would be to accept whatever she could pay, and count the account closed. Faith, would be believing that the Lord would see and make up the difference. The Pharisees, in keeping the letter of the Law, forgot that God is a loving and compassionate God. This was going to be shown the whole world later in the week when Jesus would be crucified. Even, this did not cause the Pharisees to repent! How do you treat other people? Like the Pharisees? Or with more compassion? Do you need to make a change??