Matthew 23:17
“Ye fooles and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the Temple that sanctifieth the gold?”
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Matthew 23:17 Context
15Woe vnto you Scribes and Pharises, hypocrites; for yee compasse Sea and land to make one Proselyte, and when hee is made, yee make him two fold more the childe of hell then your selues. 16Woe vnto you, yee blind guides, which say, Whosoeuer shall sweare by the Temple, it is nothing: but whosoeuer shal sweare by the gold of the Temple, he is a debter. 17Ye fooles and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the Temple that sanctifieth the gold? 18And whosoeuer shall sweare by the Altar, it is nothing: but whosoeuer sweareth by the gift that is vpon it, he is guiltie. 19Ye fooles and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the Altar that sanctifieth the gift?
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[Ye] fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?
- King James Version
"You fools and blind men! Which is more important, the gold or the temple that sanctified the gold?
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Ye fools and blind: for which is greater, the gold, or the temple that hath sanctified the gold?
- American Standard Version (1901)
You foolish ones and blind: which is greater, the gold, or the Temple which makes the gold holy?
- Basic English Bible
Fools and blind, for which is greater, the gold, or the temple which sanctifies the gold?
- Darby Bible
Ye fools, and blind: for which is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?
- Webster's Bible
Blind fools! Why, which is greater? --the gold, or the Sanctuary which has made the gold holy?
- Weymouth Bible
You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifies the gold?
- World English Bible
Ye foolis and blynde, for what is grettere, the gold, or the temple that halewith the gold?
- Wycliffe Bible
Fools and blind! for which [is] greater, the gold, or the sanctuary that is sanctifying the gold?
- Youngs Literal Bible