Matthew 23:17
Matthew chapter 23 · verse 17 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Ye fools and blind: for which is greater, the gold, or the temple that hath sanctified the gold?
KJV
King James Version · 1611Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Ye fools and blind: for which is greater, the gold, or the temple that hath sanctified the gold?
Context
v.16Woe unto you, ye blind guides, that say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor.
v.17This passage
v.18And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gift that is upon it, he is a debtor.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 94:8
Consider, ye brutish among the people; And ye fools, when will ye be wise?
- Matthew 23:19
Ye blind: for which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?
- Numbers 16:38
even the censers of these sinners against their own lives; and let them be made beaten plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before Jehovah; therefore they are holy; and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel.
- Exodus 30:26
And thou shalt anoint therewith the tent of meeting, and the ark of the testimony,