Matthew 23:17 · KJV
“{Ye} fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?”
— Matthew 23:17
Woe unto you, {ye} blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!
And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty. {guilty: or, debtor, or, bound}
Matthew 23 — Context
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.
16Woe unto you, {ye} blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!
17{Ye} fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?
18And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty. {guilty: or, debtor, or, bound}
19{Ye} fools and blind: for whether {is} greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?
Cross References
Matthew 23:19
{Ye} fools and blind: for whether {is} greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?
Numbers 16:38-39
The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them make them broad plates {for} a covering of the altar: for they offered them before the LORD, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel.
Psalms 94:8
Understand, ye brutish among the people: and {ye} fools, when will ye be wise?
Exodus 30:26-29
And thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the congregation therewith, and the ark of the testimony,