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Matthew 23:17
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15 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel land and sea to win one proselyte, and when he is won, you make him twice as much a son of1 hell as yourselves.  
16 “Woe to you, ablind guides, who say, b‘Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is obliged to perform it.’  
17 Fools and blind! For which is greater, the gold aor the temple that sanctifies the gold?  
18 And, ‘Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is obliged to perform it.’
19 Fools and blind! For which is greater, the gift aor the altar that sanctifies the gift?  
20 Therefore he who swears by the altar, swears by it and by all things on it.  
21 He who swears by the temple, swears by it and by aHim who dwells in it.  
22 And he who swears by heaven, swears by athe throne of God and by Him who sits on it.  
23 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! aFor you pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and bhave neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone.  
Verse Comparison: Matthew 23:17

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

Amplified® Bible
You blind fools! For which is greater: the gold, or the sanctuary of the temple that has made the gold sacred?

Contemporary English Version
You blind fools! Which is greater, the gold or the temple that makes the gold sacred?

Darby English Version
Fools and blind, for which is greater, the gold, or the temple which sanctifies the gold?

Good News Bible
Blind fools! Which is more important, the gold or the Temple which makes the gold holy?

International Standard Version
You blind fools! What is more important, the gold or the sanctuary that made the gold holy?

King James Version
Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?

New American Standard Bible
"You fools and blind men! Which is more important, the gold or the temple that sanctified the gold?

New International Version
You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes the gold sacred?

New King James Version
Fools and blind! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctifies the gold?

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"You fools and blind men! Which do you consider more important, the gold or the temple that sanctified the gold?

Young's Literal Translation
Fools and blind! for which `is' greater, the gold, or the sanctuary that is sanctifying the gold?


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