Matthew 23:24

Blind guides! that strain out the gnat, and swallow the camel.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

23Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye pay tithe of the mint and the dill and the cumin, and omitted the weightier things of the law, judgment, and mercy, and faith; these ought ye to have done, and not leave those undone.

25Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye cleanse the outside of the cup and the platter, but within they are full of rapacity and excess.

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Cross References

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

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

Luke 6:7And the scribes and Pharisees were watching, whether he would heal on the sabbath; that they might find an accusation against him.

John 18:40They all therefore cried out again, saying: Not this one, but Barabbas. Now 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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