Matthew 23:17

You are foolish and blind! For which is greater: the gold, or the temple that sanctifies the gold?

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In The King James Version

Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?

In Context

16Woe to you, blind guides, who say: ‘Whoever will have sworn by the temple, it is nothing. But whoever will have sworn by the gold of the temple is obligated.’

18And you say: ‘Whoever will have sworn by the altar, it is nothing. But whoever will have sworn by the gift that is on the altar is obligated.’

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Cross References

Exodus 30:26and with it you shall anoint the tabernacle of the testimony, and the ark of the testament,

Psalms 94:8If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts:

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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