Matthew 23:17
Ye fooles and blynde, whether is greater? the golde, or the teple that sanctifieth the golde?
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Referenced Verses
- Matt 23:19 : 19 Ye fooles and blynde, whether is greater? the offeringe, or the altare that sanctifieth the offerynge?
- Exod 30:26-29 : 26 And there wt shalt thou anonynte the Tabernacle of wytnesse, & the Arke of wytnes, 27 the table with all his apparell, ye candilsticke with his apparell, the altare of incense, 28 the altare of burntofferynges with all his apparell, & the lauer with his fote: 29 and thus shalt thou consecrate them, that they maye be most holy: for who so wil touch the, must be consecrated.
- Num 16:38-39 : 38 (For the censers of these synners are halowed thorow their soules) yt they maye be beate in to thinne plates, & fastened vpon ye altare. For they are offred before ye LORDE, & halowed: and they shalbe a token vnto ye childre of Israel. 39 And Eleasar the prest toke ye brasen censers which they yt were burnt, had offred, & bet the to plates, to fasten the vpon ye altare
- Ps 94:8 : 8 Take hede, ye vnwise amonge the people: o ye fooles, when wil ye vnderstonde?
Similar Verses (AI)
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- Matt 23:18-2710 verses89%
18 And who so euer sweareth by the altare, that is nothinge: but who so euer sweareth by the offeringe that is vpo it, he is giltye.
19 Ye fooles and blynde, whether is greater? the offeringe, or the altare that sanctifieth the offerynge?
20 Therfore who so sweareth by the altare, sweareth by the same, and by all that is theron:
21 and who so sweareth by the temple, sweareth by the same, and by him that dwelleth therin.
22 And who so sweareth by heauen, sweareth by the seate of God, and by him that sytteth theron.
23 Wo vnto you scrybes and Pharises, ye ypocrytes, which tythe Mynt, Anyse and Commyn, and leaue the waightier matters of the lawe behynde: namely, iudgment, mercy, and fayth. These ought to haue bene done, and not to leaue the other behynde.
24 O ye blynde gydes, which strayne out a gnat, but swalowe vp a Camell.
25 Wo vnto you scrybes and Pharises, ye Ypocrytes, which make cleane the vttersyde of the cuppe and platter, but within are ye full of robbery and excesse.
26 Thou blynde Pharise, clense first the in syde of the cuppe and platter, that the out syde maye be cleane also.
27 Wo vnto you scrybes and Pharises, ye Ypocrites, which be like vnto paynted Sepulcres, that appeare beutyfull outwarde, but within they are full of deed mens bones and all fylthines.
- Matt 23:15-162 verses86%
15 Wo vnto you Scrybes and Pharises, ye ypocrytes, which compasse see and lode to make one Proselyte: and whan he is become one, ye make of him a childe of hell, two folde more then ye youre selues are.
16 Wo vnto you blyndegydes, which saye: Who so euer sweareth by the temple, that is nothinge: but who so euer sweareth by the golde of the temple, he is giltie.
- Luke 11:39-402 verses73%
39 But the LORDE sayde vnto him: Now do ye Pharises make cleane the out syde of the cuppe and platter, but youre inwarde partes are full of robbery and wickednesse.
40 Ye fooles, is a thinge made cleane within, because the outsyde is clensed?
- 1 Cor 3:17-182 verses71%
17 Yf eny man defyle the teple of God, him shal God destroye. For the temple of God is holy, which ye are.
18 Let no ma disceaue himselfe. Yf eny man thinke himselfe wyse amoge you, let him become a foole in this worlde, that he maye be wyse.
- Matt 12:5-62 verses71%
5 Or haue ye not red in the lawe how that the prestes in the temple breake the Sabbath, and yet are blamelesse?
6 But I saye vnto you: yt here is one greater then the temple.
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5 And wha some spake of the temple, that it was garnished with goodly stones and Iewels, he saide:
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5 for ye haue take awaye my syluer & golde, my fayre & goodly Iewels, & brought them in to youre gods houses.
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17 And he taught and sayde vnto them: Is it not wrytten: My house shalbe called a house of prayer for all people? But ye haue made it a denne of murthurers.
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22 Morouer yf ye destroye the syluer workes of youre Idols, and cast awaye the golden coapes that ye deckt them withall (as fylthynes) and saie, get you hence:
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4 Trust not in false lyenge wordes, sayenge: here is the temple of the LORDE, here is the temple of the LORDE, here is the temple of the LORDE.
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14 Let the go, they are ye blynde leaders of ye blynde. Wha one blinde leadeth another, they fall both i ye diche.
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13 and sayde vnto them: It is wrytte: My house shalbe called ye house of prayer, but ye haue made it a denne of murthurers.
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22 And the knyues, basens, spones and pottes, were of pure golde. And the intraunce and his dores within vnto the Most holy, and the dores of the house of the temple were of golde.
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18 Now wha Iesus perceaued their wickednes, he sayde: O ye ypocrites, why tepte ye me?
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39 And he sayde a symilitude vnto the: Can the blynde shewe the waye to ye blynde? Do they not both the fall in to the dyche?
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1 Whan thou commest in to the house of God, kepe thy fote, and drawe nye, that thou mayest heare: that is better then the offeringes of fooles, for they knowe not what euell they do.
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6 Ye fooles (no doute) wil take out syluer and golde out of youre purses, and weye it, and hyre a goldsmyth to make a god of it, that men maye knele downe and worshipe it.
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19 their syluer shall lye in the stretes, and their golde shalbe despised: Yee their syluer and golde maye not delyuer them, in the daye of the fearfull wrath of the LORDE. They shall not satisfie their hongrie soules, nether fyll their emptie belies therwith: For it is become their owne decaye thorow their wickednesse:
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16 What helpeth it to geue a foole money in his hode, where as he hath no mynde to bye wy?dome?
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46 and sayde vnto them: It is wrytten: My house is an house of prayer, but ye haue made it a denne of murthurers.
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1 O how is the golde become so dymme? How is the goodly coloure of it so sore chaunged? and the stones of ye Sanctuary thus scatred in the corner of euery strete?
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6 Geue not that which is holy, to dogges: nether cast ye youre pearles before swyne, lest they treade them vnder their fete, & the other turne agayne and all to rente you.
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22 Thou sayest, that a man shulde not breake wedlocke, and thou breakest wedlocke. Thou abhorrest ymages, and robbest God of his honoure.
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5 But ye saye: Euery man shal saye to father or mother: The thige yt I shulde helpe ye withal, is geue vnto God.
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23 And when he was come in to the teple, the chefe prestes and the elders of the people came vnto him (as he was teachinge) & sayde: By what auctorite doest thou these thinges? and who gaue the this auctorite?
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15 As for the ymages of the Heithe, they are but syluer and golde, the worke of mens hades.
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21 Heare this (thou folish and vndiscrete people.) Ye haue eyes, but ye se not: eares haue ye, but ye heare not.
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23 But he perceaued their craftynes, and sayde vnto them: Why tepte ye me?
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25 And he sayde vnto the: O ye fooles and slowe of hert to beleue all that the prophetes haue spoke?
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23 therfore shal ye make nothinge with me: goddes of syluer and golde shal ye not make you.
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29 Wo vnto you scrybes and Pharises, ye ypocrites, which buylde the tombes of the prophetes, and garnysh the sepulcres of the righteous,
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20 And he saide vnto the: Whose is this ymage and superscription?
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35 nor yet by the earth, for it is his fote stole: nether by Ierusalem, for it is the cyte of ye greate kinge:
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5 but make ye foole an answere to his foolishnesse, lest he be wyse in his owne coceate.
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4 Their ymages are but syluer and golde, euen the worke of mens hodes.
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24 Wy?dome shyneth in ye face of him yt hath vnderstondinge, but ye eyes of fooles wandre thorow out all lodes.