Matthew 23:17
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes it sacred?
In context
15 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You traverse land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are.
16 Woe to you, blind guides! You say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’
17 You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes it sacred?
18 And you say, ‘If anyone swears by the altar, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gift on it, he is bound by his oath.’
19 You blind men! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar that makes it sacred?
Matthew 23:17 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes it sacred?
- KJV King James Version
- Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?
- WEB World English Bible
- You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctifies the gold?
- ASV American Standard Version
- Ye fools and blind: for which is greater, the gold, or the temple that hath sanctified the gold?
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- Fools and blind! for which [is] greater, the gold, or the sanctuary that is sanctifying the gold?
- DBY Darby Translation
- Fools and blind, for which is greater, the gold, or the temple which sanctifies the gold?
- WBS Webster Bible
- Ye fools, and blind: for which is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?