King James Version (KJV)
Matthew 23:17
“[Ye] ‹fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?›”
Verse in context — Matthew 23
‹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.›
‹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!›
[Ye] ‹fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?›
‹And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.›
[Ye] ‹fools and blind: for whether› [is] ‹greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?›
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