en_obs-tn/content/34/08.md

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Jesus continues to tell of the religious leader’s prayer.

‘For example, I fast two times every week and I give you ten percent of all the money and goods that I receive.’

This is a quotation within a quotation. The entire quotation can be restated so that this portion is an indirect quotation: "‘The tax collector said he fasted fast two times every week and gave God ten percent of all the money and goods that he received." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotesinquotes)

I fast

The religious ruler believed that doing this would earn favor with God.

ten percent

That is, “one-tenth.”