Matthew 23:24

American Standard Version (1901)

Ye blind guides, that strain out the gnat, and swallow the camel!

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  • Matt 19:24 : 24 And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
  • Matt 15:2-6 : 2 Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread. 3 And he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition? 4 For God said, Honor thy father and thy mother: and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death. 5 But ye say, whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, That wherewith thou mightest have been profited by me is given [to God] ; 6 he shall not honor his father. And ye have made void the word of God because of your tradition.
  • Matt 27:6-8 : 6 And the chief priests took the pieces of silver, and said, It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is the price of blood. 7 And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in. 8 Wherefore that field was called, the field of blood, unto this day.
  • Luke 6:7-9 : 7 And the scribes and the Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath; that they might find how to accuse him. 8 But he knew their thoughts; and he said to the man that had his hand withered, Rise up, and stand forth in the midst. And he arose and stood forth. 9 And Jesus said unto them, I ask you, Is it lawful on the sabbath to do good, or to do harm? to save a life, or to destroy it? 10 And he looked round about on them all, and said unto him, Stretch forth thy hand. And he did [so] : and his hand was restored.
  • John 18:28 : 28 They lead Jesus therefore from Caiaphas into the Praetorium: and it was early; and they themselves entered not into the Praetorium, that they might not be defiled, but might eat the passover.
  • John 18:40 : 40 They cried out therefore again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.)
  • Matt 7:4 : 4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me cast out the mote out of thine eye; and lo, the beam is in thine own eye?
  • Matt 23:16 : 16 Woe 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.

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    23Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye tithe mint and anise and cummin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law, justice, and mercy, and faith: but these ye ought to have done, and not to have left the other undone.

  • Matt 23:25-29
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    25Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full from extortion and excess.

    26Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup and of the platter, that the outside thereof may become clean also.

    27Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.

    28Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but inwardly ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

    29Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and garnish the tombs of the righteous,

  • Matt 23:13-17
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    13But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye shut the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye enter not in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering in to enter. [

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    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.

    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.

    17Ye fools and blind: for which is greater, the gold, or the temple that hath sanctified the gold?

  • Matt 23:2-5
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    2saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses seat:

    3all things therefore whatsoever they bid you, [these] do and observe: but do not ye after their works; for they say, and do not.

    4Yea, they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with their finger.

    5But all their works they do to be seen of men: for they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders [of their garments] ,

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    41But give for alms those things which are within; and behold, all things are clean unto you.

    42But woe unto you Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and every herb, and pass over justice and the love of God: but these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

    43Woe unto you Pharisees! for ye love the chief seats in the synagogues, and the salutations in the marketplaces.

    44Woe unto you! for ye are as the tombs which appear not, and the men that walk over [them] know it not.

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    14Let them alone: they are blind guides. And if the blind guide the blind, both shall fall into a pit.

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    39And the Lord said unto him, Now ye the Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter; but your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness.

  • Luke 6:39
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    39And he spake also a parable unto them, Can the blind guide the blind? shall they not both fall into a pit?

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    46And he said, Woe unto you lawyers also! for ye load men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers.

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    24And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

  • Matt 7:3-6
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    3And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?

    4Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me cast out the mote out of thine eye; and lo, the beam is in thine own eye?

    5Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.

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    32Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.

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    46Beware of the scribes, who desire to walk in long robes, and love salutations in the marketplaces, and chief seats in the synagogues, and chief places at feasts;

    47who devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater condemnation.

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    39and chief seats in the synagogues, and chief places at feasts:

    40they that devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers; these shall receive greater condemnation.

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    41And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?

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    52Woe unto you lawyers! for ye took away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.

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    19Ye blind: for which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?

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