Mint

Mint appears in scripture in a single saying — Jesus' woe against the Pharisees who scrupulously tithed the smallest garden herbs while letting the weightier matters of the law fall away.

Tithed but not exempting weightier matters

The setting is Jesus' rebuke during a meal at a Pharisee's house. "But woe to you⁺ Pharisees! For you⁺ tithe mint and dill and every herb, and pass over justice and the love of God: but these you⁺ ought to have done, and not to neglect the others" (Lu 11:42). Mint heads the list of garden herbs whose tithing was being practiced; the rebuke is not against tithing the herbs but against using that scrupulous practice to cover the neglect of justice and the love of God. The closing clause keeps both halves in tension — the tithe of mint is to be done, and the weightier matters are not to be neglected.