Matthew 23:19
Ye blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?
Revised Version 1895
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 that sweareth by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon.
Cross References
Exodus 29:37Seven days thou shalt make atonement for the altar, and sanctify it: and the altar shall be most holy; whatsoever toucheth the altar shall be 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 →