17Fools and blind, for which is greater, the gold, or the temple which sanctifies the gold?


In Context

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15 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye compass the sea and the dry land to make one proselyte, and when he is become such, ye make him twofold more the son of hell than yourselves.

16 Woe to you, blind guides, who say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor.

17 Fools and blind, for which is greater, the gold, or the temple which sanctifies the gold?

18 And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gift that is upon it is a debtor.

19 Fools and blind ones, for which is greater, the gift, or the altar which sanctifies the gift?

Matthew 23:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:17[Ye] fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

23:17You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes the gold sacred?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:17Ye foolish and blind; for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:17Ye fools and blind: for which is greater, the gold, or the temple that hath sanctified the gold?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:17Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that hath sanctified the gold?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:17Ye fools, and blind: for which is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:17You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifies the gold?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:17Fools and blind! for which is greater, the gold, or the sanctuary that is sanctifying the gold?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:17You fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifies the gold?