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Matthew 23:17

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You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifies the gold?

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Matthew 23:17 in other translations

Ye fools and blind: for which is greater, the gold, or the temple that hath sanctified the gold?

Matthew 23:17 · American Standard Version

Matthew 23:17 in context

  1. 15Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel around by sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of Gehenna as yourselves.
  2. 16“Woe to you, you blind guides, who say, ‘Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is obligated.’
  3. 17You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifies the gold?
  4. 18‘Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is obligated?’
  5. 19You blind fools! For which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift?