Matthew 23:24

You blind guides, who strain out gnats and swallow camels.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

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

In Context

23Woe to you, scribes, Pharishee, hypocrites! because you tithe mint, dill, and cummin, and omit the more grave of the law,-justice, benignity, and faithfulness. For these you should have done, and those not omitted.

25Woe to you, scribes and Pharishee, hypocrites! who cleanse the outside of the cup and dish (which) within are full of rapine and injustice.

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Cross References

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

Matthew 23:16Woe to you, ye blind guides, who say, That who sweareth by the temple, it is nothing; but if he swear by the gold which is in the temple, he is liable!

Luke 6:7and the Sophree and Pharishee watched him, if he would heal on the shabath, that they might accuse him.

John 18:40And they all cried and said, Not this, but Bar Aba. Now this Bar Aba 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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