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


In Context

14 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.

15 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.

16 Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which 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 Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?

18 And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.

19 Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?

Matthew 23:17 in Other Translations

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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:17Fools and blind, for which is greater, the gold, or the temple which sanctifies 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?