Matthew 23:19

"You are blind! Why, which is greater? --the offering, or the altar which makes the offering holy?

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?

In Context

18And you say, "`Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the offering lying on it is bound by the oath.'

20He who swears by the altar swears both by it and by everything on it;

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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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