Matthew 23:19

Geneva Bible (1560)

Ye fooles and blinde, whether is greater, the offering, or the altar which sanctifieth the offering?

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 29:37 : 37 Seuen dayes shalt thou cleanse the altar, & sanctifie it, so the altar shalbe most holy: and whatsoeuer toucheth the altar, shalbe holy.
  • Exod 30:29 : 29 So thou shalt sanctifie them, & they shalbe most holy: all that shal touch them, shalbe holy.

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  • Matt 23:16-18
    3 verses
    89%

    16Wo be vnto you blinde guides, which say, Whosoeuer sweareth by the Temple, it is nothing: but whosoeuer sweareth by the golde of the Temple, he offendeth.

    17Ye fooles and blinde, whether is greater, the golde, or the Temple that sanctifieth the golde?

    18And whosoeuer sweareth by the altar, it is nothing: but whosoeuer sweareth by the offering that is vpon it, offendeth.

  • Matt 23:20-22
    3 verses
    79%

    20Whosoeuer therefore sweareth by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon.

    21And whosoeuer sweareth by the Temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.

    22And he that sweareth by heauen, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.

  • Exod 23:8
    70%

    8Thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and peruerteth the wordes of the righteous.

  • Luke 11:40-41
    2 verses
    70%

    40Ye fooles, did not he that made that which is without, make that which is within also?

    41Therefore, giue almes of those thinges which you haue, and beholde, all thinges shall be cleane to you.

  • Matt 15:5
    69%

    5But ye say, Whosoeuer shal say to father or mother, By the gift that is offered by me, thou maiest haue profite,

  • Heb 13:10
    69%

    10We haue an altar, whereof they haue no authoritie to eate, which serue in the tabernacle.

  • Matt 23:24-26
    3 verses
    68%

    24Ye blinde guides, which straine out a gnat, and swallowe a camell.

    25Wo be to you, Scribes and Pharises, hypocrites: for ye make cleane the vtter side of the cup, and of the platter: but within they are ful of briberie and excesse.

    26Thou blinde Pharise, cleanse first the inside of the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be cleane also.

  • Exod 29:37
    68%

    37Seuen dayes shalt thou cleanse the altar, & sanctifie it, so the altar shalbe most holy: and whatsoeuer toucheth the altar, shalbe holy.

  • Mal 1:7-8
    2 verses
    68%

    7Ye offer vncleane bread vpon mine altar, and you say, Wherein haue we polluted thee? In that ye say the table of the Lord is not to be regarded.

    8And if yee offer the blinde for sacrifice, it is not euill: and if ye offer the lame and sicke, it is not euill: offer it nowe vnto thy prince: will he be content with thee, or accept thy person, saieth the Lord of hostes?

  • Matt 12:5-7
    3 verses
    67%

    5Or haue ye not read in the Lawe, how that on the Sabbath dayes the Priestes in the Temple breake the Sabbath, and are blameles?

    6But I say vnto you, that here is one greater then the Temple.

    7Wherefore if ye knewe what this is, I will haue mercie, and not sacrifice, ye would not haue condemned the innocents.

  • Eccl 5:1
    67%

    1(4:17) Take heede to thy foote when thou entrest into the House of God, and be more neere to heare then to giue the sacrifice of fooles: for they knowe not that they doe euil.

  • Mark 7:11
    67%

    11But yee say, If a man say to father or mother, Corban, that is, By the gift that is offered by mee, thou mayest haue profite, hee shall be free.

  • Josh 22:23
    67%

    23If we haue built vs an altar to returne away from the Lord, either to offer thereon burnt offering, or meate offering, or to offer peace offerings thereon, let the Lord himselfe require it:

  • Matt 5:23-24
    2 verses
    66%

    23If then thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there remembrest that thy brother hath ought against thee,

    24Leaue there thine offring before the altar, and goe thy way: first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.

  • Luke 6:39
    66%

    39And he spake a parable vnto them, Can the blinde leade the blinde? shall they not both fall into the ditche?

  • 1 Cor 9:13
    66%

    13Doe ye not knowe, that they which minister about the holy things, eate of the things of the Temple? and they which waite at the altar, are partakers with the altar?

  • Mal 2:13
    66%

    13And this haue ye done againe, and couered the altar of the Lorde with teares, with weeping and with mourning: because the offering is no more regarded, neither receiued acceptably at your handes.

  • Luke 21:5
    66%

    5Nowe as some spake of the Temple, how it was garnished with goodly stones, & with consecrate things, he sayd,

  • Exod 20:25
    66%

    25But if thou wilt make mee an altar of stone, thou shalt not buylde it of hewen stones: for if thou lift vp thy toole vpon them, thou hast polluted them.

  • 1 Cor 3:17
    66%

    17If any man destroy the Temple of God, him shall God destroy: for the Temple of God is holy, which ye are.

  • Lev 19:14
    66%

    14Thou shalt not curse the deafe, neither put a stumbling blocke before the blinde, but shalt feare thy God: I am the Lord.

  • Lev 22:20
    66%

    20Ye shall not offer any thing that hath a blemish: for that shal not be acceptable for you.

  • Exod 40:10
    66%

    10And thou shalt anoynt the Altar of the burnt offring, and all his instrumentes, and shalt sanctifie the Altar, that it may bee an altar most holie.

  • Rom 2:22
    66%

    22Thou that saist, A man should not commit adulterie, doest thou commit adulterie? thou that abhorrest idoles, committest thou sacrilege?

  • 1 Sam 2:29
    66%

    29Wherefore haue you kicked against my sacrifice and mine offering, which I commaunded in my Tabernacle, and honourest thy children aboue mee, to make your selues fatte of the first fruites of all the offerings of Israel my people?

  • 1 Cor 10:18-19
    2 verses
    65%

    18Beholde Israel, which is after the flesh: are not they which eate of the sacrifices partakers of the altar?

    19What say I then? that the idole is any thing? or that that which is sacrificed to idoles, is any thing?

  • Acts 23:4
    65%

    4And they that stood by, sayd, Reuilest thou Gods hie Priest?

  • Matt 7:6
    65%

    6Giue ye not that which is holy, to dogges, neither cast ye your pearles before swine, lest they treade them vnder their feete, and turning againe, all to rent you.

  • Lev 17:8
    65%

    8Also thou shalt say vnto them, whosoeuer he be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers which soiourne among them, that offreth a burnt offring or sacrifice,

  • Lev 22:22
    65%

    22Blinde, or broken, or maimed, or hauing a wenne, or skiruie, or skabbed: these shall yee not offer vnto the Lord nor make an offring by fire of these vpon the altar of the Lorde.

  • Matt 15:14
    65%

    14Let them alone, they be the blinde leaders of the blinde: and if the blinde leade ye blinde, both shall fall into the ditche.

  • Rom 2:19
    65%

    19And persuadest thy selfe that thou art a guide of the blinde, a light of them which are in darkenesse,

  • Heb 9:9
    65%

    9Which was a figure for that present time, wherein were offred gifts and sacrifices that could not make holy, concerning the conscience, him that did the seruice,

  • 2 Chr 6:22
    64%

    22When a man shall sinne against his neighbour, and he laye vpon him an othe to cause him to sweare, and the swearer shal come before thine altar in this house,

  • Exod 30:29
    64%

    29So thou shalt sanctifie them, & they shalbe most holy: all that shal touch them, shalbe holy.

  • Lev 21:8
    64%

    8Thou shalt sanctifie him therefore, for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy vnto thee: for I the Lorde, which sanctifie you, am holy.

  • Lev 21:23
    64%

    23But he shall not goe in vnto the vaile, nor come neere the altar, because hee hath a blemish, least he pollute my Sanctuaries: for I am the Lord that sanctifie them.

  • Deut 15:21
    64%

    21But if there be any blemish therein, as if it be lame, or blind, or haue any euill fault, thou shalt not offer it vnto the Lord thy God,