Matthew 23:19
Fools and blind! For which [is] greater, the gift, or the altar that is sanctifying the gift?
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?
In Context
20He therefore who swore by the altar, swears by it, and by all things on it;
Cross References
Exodus 29:37[for] seven days you make atonement for the altar, and have sanctified it, and the altar has been most holy; all that is coming against the altar is holy.
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 →