Matthew 23:17
World English Bible (WEB)
You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctifies the gold?
In context
15 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel around by sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of Gehenna as yourselves.
16 “Woe to you, you blind guides, who say, ‘Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is obligated.’
17 You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctifies the gold?
18 And, ‘Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is obligated.’
19 You blind fools! For which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift?
Matthew 23:17 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctifies the gold?
- KJV King James Version
- Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes it sacred?
- 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?