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


In Context

21 and he who did swear by the sanctuary, doth swear by it, and by Him who is dwelling in it;

22 and he who did swear by the heaven, doth swear by the throne of God, and by Him who is sitting upon it.

23 Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye give tithe of the mint, and the dill, and the cumin, and did neglect the weightier things of the Law — the judgment, and the kindness, and the faith; these it behoved you to do, and those not to neglect.

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

25 'Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye make clean the outside of the cup and the plate, and within they are full of rapine and incontinence.

26 'Blind Pharisee! cleanse first the inside of the cup and the plate, that the outside of them also may become clean.

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 American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:24You blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.