Matthew 23:17

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You fools and blind! Which is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctifies the gold?

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  • Matt 23:19 : 19 You fools and blind! Which is greater, the gift or the altar that sanctifies the gift?
  • Exod 30:26-29 : 26 With it you shall anoint the tent of meeting and the ark of the testimony. 27 You shall also anoint the table and all its utensils, the lampstand and its utensils, and the altar of incense. 28 You shall anoint the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils and the basin with its base. 29 You shall consecrate them so they may be most holy; whatever touches them will be holy.
  • Ps 94:8 : 8 Understand this, you brutish people! Fools, when will you understand?

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    89%

    18 And you say, 'If anyone swears by the altar, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gift on it, he is obligated.'

    19 You fools and blind! Which is greater, the gift or the altar that sanctifies the gift?

    20 Therefore, whoever swears by the altar swears by it and everything on it.

    21 And whoever swears by the temple swears by it and by the One who dwells in it.

    22 And whoever swears by heaven swears by the throne of God and by Him who sits upon it.

    23 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You tithe mint, dill, and cumin but have neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy, and faithfulness. These you ought to have done without neglecting the others.

    24 Blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.

    25 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.

    26 Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and the dish, so that the outside may also become clean.

    27 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which appear beautiful on the outside but inside are full of the bones of the dead and all impurity.

  • Matt 23:15-16
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    15 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You travel over land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a child 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 obligated.'

  • Luke 11:39-40
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    39 Then the Lord said to him, 'Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.

    40 You fools! Did not the one who made the outside also make the inside?

  • 1 Cor 3:17-18
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    71%

    17 If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.

    18 Let no one deceive themselves. If anyone among you thinks they are wise in this age, let them become foolish so that they may become wise.

  • Matt 12:5-6
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    5 Or haven’t you read in the Law that on the Sabbath, the priests in the temple break the Sabbath and are innocent?

    6 I tell you, something greater than the temple is here.

  • Luke 21:5
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    5 Some people were speaking about the temple, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and offerings, and he said,

  • Joel 3:5
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    5 For you took my silver and my gold and carried my precious treasures into your temples.

  • Mark 11:17
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    17 As he was teaching them, he said, 'Is it not written: My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations? But you have made it a den of robbers.'

  • Isa 30:22
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    22 Then you will defile your idols overlaid with silver and your images covered with gold; you will throw them away like a menstrual cloth and say to them, 'Away with you!'

  • Jer 7:4
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    4 Do not trust deceitful words, saying: ‘This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD.’

  • Matt 15:14
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    14 Leave them alone; they are blind guides. If the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.”

  • Matt 21:13
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    13 and he said to them, 'It is written, 'My house will be called a house of prayer,' but you are making it a den of thieves!'

  • 2 Chr 4:22
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    22 The snuffers, basins, cups, and firepans made of refined gold; and the doors of the temple: the inner doors to the Most Holy Place and the doors of the temple hall were overlaid with gold.

  • Matt 22:18
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    18 But Jesus, perceiving their malice, said, 'Why are you testing me, you hypocrites?

  • Luke 6:39
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    39 He also told them a parable: "Can the blind lead the blind? Will they not both fall into a pit?"

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    1 Do not be hasty with your mouth, and do not let your heart rush to speak anything before God, for God is in heaven and you are on earth. Therefore, let your words be few.

  • Isa 46:6
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    6 They pour out gold from their purses and weigh silver on a scale. They hire a craftsman to make it into a god, and they bow down and even worship it.

  • Ezek 7:19
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    19 They will throw their silver in the streets, and their gold will be treated as unclean. Their silver and gold will not be able to save them on the day of the LORD's wrath. They cannot satisfy their hunger or fill their stomachs with it, for it has caused their stumbling into sin.

  • Prov 17:16
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    16 Why should a fool pay for wisdom when he has no intention of understanding it?

  • Luke 19:46
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    46 He told them, 'It is written: My house will be a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of robbers!'.

  • Lam 4:1
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    1 How the gold has grown dim, the fine gold has changed! The holy stones lie scattered at the head of every street.

  • Matt 7:6
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    6 Do not give what is holy to dogs, nor cast your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to tear you to pieces.

  • Rom 2:22
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    22 You who say that people should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?

  • Matt 15:5
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    5 But you say that if anyone declares to their father or mother, ‘What you would have received from me is a gift devoted to God,’

  • Matt 21:23
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    23 When he entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching and said, 'By what authority are you doing these things? And who gave you this authority?'

  • Ps 135:15
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    15 The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of human hands.

  • Jer 5:21
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    21 Hear this, you foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear.

  • Luke 20:23
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    23 But he perceived their craftiness and said to them, 'Why are you testing me?'

  • Luke 24:25
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    25 He said to them, "How foolish you are, and how slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken!

  • Exod 20:23
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    23 You shall not make gods of silver to be alongside Me, nor shall you make gods of gold for yourselves.

  • Matt 23:29
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    29 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous,

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    20 And he said to them, 'Whose image and inscription is this?

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    35 or by the earth, for it is His footstool, or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.

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    5 Answer a fool according to his folly, or he will be wise in his own eyes.

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    4 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of human hands.

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    24 Wisdom is before the face of the discerning, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.