Matthew 23:24

Blind way-leaders, the straining the gnat moreover drinking-down the camel.

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

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, pretenders, that you-are-tenth-ing-off/away-from the sweet-smelling/mint and the dill and the cumin and you-let-off/away the weightier of{the law}, the judge-sis[i.e. state of judgment] and the mercy and the faith. Moreover, the-same has-been-necessitating to-do and-the-there to_not_be-letting-off/away.

25Woe to{you}, scribes and Pharisees, pretenders, that you-are-cleansing outwardly the of{the cup} and of{the dish}; moreover, inwardly are-brimming out of{seizure[i.e. taking from]} and of{intemperance}.

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Cross References

Matthew 15:2"Through what[?] the disciples of{you} are-stepping-aside/transgressing the give-aside/delivery of{the elders}, for they-are_not_washing the hands of{same}, when-supposing they-may-be-eating bread."

Matthew 23:16Woe to{you}, blind way-leaders, the saying, 'Who supposing may-swear in to{the temple} it-is-being nothing; moreover, who supposing may-swear in to{the gold} of{the temple} is-owing.'

Luke 6:7Moreover, the scribes and the Pharisees have-been-keeping-beside same, if in to{the sabbath} he-will-heal, in-which-place they-may-discover accusation of{same}.

John 18:40So, all cry-out-ize, saying, "Not the-same; contrariwise, the bar-Abbas." Moreover, the bar-Abbas has-been-being [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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