24You blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.


In Context

21 And whoever shall swear by the temple, swears by it, and by him that dwells therein.

22 And he that shall swear by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him that sits thereon.

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

24 You blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.

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

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

Matthew 23:24 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:24[Ye] blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

23:24You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:24Blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:24Ye blind guides, that strain out the gnat, and swallow the camel!

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:24Blind guides, who strain out the gnat, but drink down the camel.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:24Ye blind guides, which strain out the gnat, and swallow the camel.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:24Ye blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:24You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:24'Blind guides! who are straining out the gnat, and the camel are swallowing.