"{Ye} blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel." — Matthew 23:24

Matthew 23:24 · KJV

“{Ye} blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.”

— Matthew 23:24

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier {matters} of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. {anise: Gr. dill}

Verse 25

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.

Matthew 23 — Context

And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.

{Ye} blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.

{Thou} blind Pharisee, cleanse first that {which is} within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.

Cross References

Matthew 19:24

And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

Matthew 27:6-8

And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.

Matthew 15:2-6

Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.

Luke 6:7-10

And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath day; that they might find an accusation against him.

Matthew 23:16

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!

John 18:28

Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover. {the hall...: or, Pilate's house}

Matthew 7:4

Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam {is} in thine own eye?

John 18:40

Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.