Matthew 23:17

New Testament Gospel ASV (1901)

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

Matthew 23:17 — American Standard Version

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Context — Matthew 23

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14Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows` houses, even while for a pretence ye make long prayers: therefore ye shall receive greater condemnation.

15Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he is become so, ye make him twofold more a son of hell than yourselves.

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.

17Ye fools and blind: for which is greater, the gold, or the temple that hath sanctified the gold?

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.

19Ye blind: for which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?

20He therefore that sweareth by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon.

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