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


In Context

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

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

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

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

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

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