Matthew 23:19

KJV1611 – Modern English

Fools and blind: for which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift?

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  • Exod 29:37 : 37 Seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and sanctify it, and the altar shall be most holy. Whatever touches the altar must be holy.
  • Exod 30:29 : 29 And you shall sanctify them, that they may be most holy; whoever touches them must be holy.

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  • Matt 23:16-18
    3 verses
    89%

    16 Woe to 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 Fools and blind: 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 guilty.

  • Matt 23:20-22
    3 verses
    79%

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

    21 And whoever swears by the temple, swears by it and by him that dwells in it.

    22 And he who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God and by him who sits on it.

  • Exod 23:8
    70%

    8 And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the discerning and perverts the words of the righteous.

  • Luke 11:40-41
    2 verses
    70%

    40 Fools, did not he who made the outside make the inside also?

    41 But rather give alms of such things as you have; and behold, all things are clean to you.

  • Matt 15:5
    69%

    5 But you say, Whoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatever you might be profited by me;

  • Heb 13:10
    69%

    10 We have an altar from which those who serve the tabernacle have no right to eat.

  • Matt 23:24-26
    3 verses
    68%

    24 Blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel.

    25 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you make clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of extortion and excess.

    26 Blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup and dish, that the outside of them may be clean also.

  • Exod 29:37
    68%

    37 Seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and sanctify it, and the altar shall be most holy. Whatever touches the altar must be holy.

  • Mal 1:7-8
    2 verses
    68%

    7 You offer defiled bread upon my altar; and you say, How have we polluted you? In that you say, The table of the LORD is contemptible.

    8 And if you offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if you offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? Offer it now to your governor; will he be pleased with you, or accept you? says the LORD of hosts.

  • Matt 12:5-7
    3 verses
    67%

    5 Or have you not read in the law, how on the Sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath, and are guiltless?

    6 But I say to you, that in this place is one greater than the temple.

    7 But if you had known what this means, I desire mercy and not sacrifice, you would not have condemned the innocent.

  • Eccl 5:1
    67%

    1 Keep your foot when you go to the house of God, and be more ready to hear than to offer the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they do evil.

  • Mark 7:11
    67%

    11 But you say, If a man says to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is, a gift to God, by which you might have been benefited by me; he shall be free.

  • Josh 22:23
    67%

    23 That we have built us an altar to turn from following the LORD, or if to offer on it burnt offering or grain offering, or if to offer peace offerings on it, let the LORD Himself require it;

  • Matt 5:23-24
    2 verses
    66%

    23 Therefore if you bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you,

    24 Leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way; first be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.

  • Luke 6:39
    66%

    39 And he spoke a parable to them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?

  • 1 Cor 9:13
    66%

    13 Do you not know that those who minister the holy things eat of the things of the temple, and those who serve at the altar partake of the offerings of the altar?

  • Mal 2:13
    66%

    13 And this you have done again, covering the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping and crying out, so much that he regards not the offering any more, nor receives it with good will at your hand.

  • Luke 21:5
    66%

    5 And as some spoke of the temple, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and gifts, he said,

  • Exod 20:25
    66%

    25 And if you make Me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of hewn stone; for if you use your tool on it, you have profaned it.

  • 1 Cor 3:17
    66%

    17 If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him; for the temple of God is holy, which temple you are.

  • Lev 19:14
    66%

    14 You shall not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling block before the blind, but shall fear your God: I am the LORD.

  • Lev 22:20
    66%

    20 But whatever has a blemish, you shall not offer: for it shall not be acceptable for you.

  • Exod 40:10
    66%

    10 And you shall anoint the altar of the burnt offering, and all its vessels, and sanctify the altar, and it shall be an altar most holy.

  • Rom 2:22
    66%

    22 You who say a man should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you commit sacrilege?

  • 1 Sam 2:29
    66%

    29 Why do you scorn my sacrifice and my offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and honor your sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the best of all the offerings of Israel my people?

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

    18 Consider Israel after the flesh: are not those who eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar?

    19 What am I saying then? That an idol is anything, or what is offered to idols is anything?

  • Acts 23:4
    65%

    4 And those who stood by said, Do you revile God's high priest?

  • Matt 7:6
    65%

    6 Do not give what is holy to the dogs, nor cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.

  • Lev 17:8
    65%

    8 And you shall say to them, Whatever man there is of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who dwell among you, that offers a burnt offering or sacrifice,

  • Lev 22:22
    65%

    22 Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a growth, or scurvy, or scabbed, you shall not offer these unto the LORD, nor make an offering by fire of them upon the altar unto the LORD.

  • Matt 15:14
    65%

    14 Let them alone: they are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

  • Rom 2:19
    65%

    19 And are confident that you yourself are a guide of the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,

  • Heb 9:9
    65%

    9 Which was a symbol for the present time, in which both gifts and sacrifices are offered that cannot make the worshiper perfect in conscience;

  • 2 Chr 6:22
    64%

    22 If a man sins against his neighbor, and an oath is laid upon him to make him swear, and the oath comes before your altar in this house;

  • Exod 30:29
    64%

    29 And you shall sanctify them, that they may be most holy; whoever touches them must be holy.

  • Lev 21:8
    64%

    8 You shall sanctify him therefore; for he offers the bread of your God: he shall be holy to you: for I the LORD, who sanctify you, am holy.

  • Lev 21:23
    64%

    23 Only he shall not go beyond the veil, nor come near the altar, because he has a blemish; that he does not profane my sanctuaries: for I the LORD do sanctify them.

  • Deut 15:21
    64%

    21 And if there is any blemish in it, such as if it is lame, or blind, or has any bad blemish, you shall not sacrifice it to the LORD your God.

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