Matthew 23:24

Ye blind guides, who strain out the gnat, and swallow the camel.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.

In Context

23Woe to you, scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because ye tithe the mint and the anise and the cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law--justice and mercy and faith. These things must be done, and not neglecting t

25Woe to you, scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because ye cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but inside they are full of plunder and unrighteousness.

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Cross References

Matthew 15:2Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.

Matthew 23:16Woe to you, ye blind guides, who say, Whoever may swear by the temple, it is nothing, but whoever may swear by the gold of the temple, he is obligated.

Luke 6:7And the scholars and the Pharisees watched if he would heal on the Sabbath, so that they might find an accusation against him.

John 18:40They all cried out again therefore, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. But Barabbas was a robber.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 23:14-34

The Crimes of the Pharisees. 13 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in. 14 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation. 15 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make… Read the whole commentary →

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