Sinai LogoSinai

Matthew 23:17

American Standard Version

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

Read all of Matthew 23Open in the Sinai app

Matthew 23:17 in other translations

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

Matthew 23:17 · World English Bible

Matthew 23:17 in context

  1. 15Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he is become so, ye make him twofold more a son of hell than yourselves.
  2. 16Woe unto you, ye blind guides, that say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor.
  3. 17Ye fools and blind: for which is greater, the gold, or the temple that hath sanctified the gold?
  4. 18And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gift that is upon it, he is a debtor.
  5. 19Ye blind: for which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?