Matthew 23:17
“Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Matthew 23:17 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?
American Standard Version (ASV)English
Ye fools and blind: for which is greater, the gold, or the temple that hath sanctified the gold?
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Fools that you are and blind! Which is the more important? The gold? Or the Temple which has given sacredness to the gold?
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Narren und Blinde! Denn was ist größer, das Gold, oder der Tempel, der das Gold heiligt?
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
¡Insensatos y ciegos! porque ¿cuál es mayor, el oro, ó el templo que santifica al oro?
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Tolos e cegos! Pois qual é maior: o ouro, ou o templo que santificou o ouro?
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Cegos tolos! Qual é maior, o ouro ou o santuário que santifica o ouro?
📖 Matthew 23:17 in Context
15Woe 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.
16Woe 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!
17Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?
18And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.
19Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?
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