Matthew 23:24

Ye blinde guides, which straine out a gnat, and swallowe a camell.

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

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

In Context

23Wo be to you, Scribes and Pharises, hypocrites: for ye tithe mynt, and annyse, and cummyn, and leaue the weightier matters of the law, as iudgement, and mercy and fidelitie. These ought ye to haue done, and not to haue left the other.

25Wo be to you, Scribes and Pharises, hypocrites: for ye make cleane the vtter side of the cup, and of the platter: but within they are ful of briberie and excesse.

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Cross References

Matthew 15:2Why do thy disciples transgresse the tradition of the Elders? for they wash not their hands when they eate bread.

Matthew 23:16Wo be vnto you blinde guides, which say, Whosoeuer sweareth by the Temple, it is nothing: but whosoeuer sweareth by the golde of the Temple, he offendeth.

Luke 6:7And the Scribes and Pharises watched him, whether he would heale on the Sabbath day, that they might finde an accusation against him.

John 18:40Then cried they all againe, saying, Not him, but Barabbas: nowe this Barabbas was a murtherer.

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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