Matthew 23:24

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Blind guides! You strain out a gnat yet swallow a camel!

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 19:24 : 24 Again I say, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter into the kingdom of God.”
  • Matt 15:2-6 : 2 “Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don’t wash their hands when they eat.” 3 He answered them,“And why do you disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition? 4 For God said,‘Honor your father and mother’ and‘Whoever insults his father or mother must be put to death.’ 5 But you say,‘If someone tells his father or mother,“Whatever help you would have received from me is given to God,” 6 he does not need to honor his father.’ You have nullified the word of God on account of your tradition.
  • Matt 27:6-8 : 6 The chief priests took the silver and said,“It is not lawful to put this into the temple treasury, since it is blood money.” 7 After consulting together they bought the Potter’s Field with it, as a burial place for foreigners. 8 For this reason that field has been called the“Field of Blood” to this day.
  • Luke 6:7-9 : 7 The experts in the law and the Pharisees watched Jesus closely to see if he would heal on the Sabbath, so that they could find a reason to accuse him. 8 But he knew their thoughts, and said to the man who had the withered hand,“Get up and stand here.” So he rose and stood there. 9 Then Jesus said to them,“I ask you, is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath or to do evil, to save a life or to destroy it?” 10 After looking around at them all, he said to the man,“Stretch out your hand.” The man did so, and his hand was restored.
  • John 18:28 : 28 Jesus Brought Before Pilate Then they brought Jesus from Caiaphas to the Roman governor’s residence.(Now it was very early morning.) They did not go into the governor’s residence so they would not be ceremonially defiled, but could eat the Passover meal.
  • John 18:40 : 40 Then they shouted back,“Not this man, but Barabbas!”(Now Barabbas was a revolutionary.)
  • Matt 7:4 : 4 Or how can you say to your brother,‘Let me remove the speck from your eye,’ while there is a beam in your own?
  • Matt 23:16 : 16 “Woe to you, blind guides, who say,‘Whoever swears by the temple is bound by nothing. But whoever swears by the gold of the temple is bound by the oath.’

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Matt 23:23
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    23“Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You give a tenth of mint, dill, and cumin, yet you neglect what is more important in the law– justice, mercy, and faithfulness! You should have done these things without neglecting the others.

  • Matt 23:25-29
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    25“Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.

    26Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup, so that the outside may become clean too!

    27“Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs that look beautiful on the outside but inside are full of the bones of the dead and of everything unclean.

    28In the same way, on the outside you look righteous to people, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

    29“Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous.

  • Matt 23:15-17
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    77%

    15“Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You cross land and sea to make one convert, and when you get one, you make him twice as much a child of hell as yourselves!

    16“Woe to you, blind guides, who say,‘Whoever swears by the temple is bound by nothing. But whoever swears by the gold of the temple is bound by the oath.’

    17Blind fools! Which is greater, the gold or the temple that makes the gold sacred?

  • Matt 23:2-5
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    2“The experts in the law and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat.

    3Therefore pay attention to what they tell you and do it. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they teach.

    4They tie up heavy loads, hard to carry, and put them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing even to lift a finger to move them.

    5They do all their deeds to be seen by people, for they make their phylacteries wide and their tassels long.

  • Luke 11:41-44
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    41But give from your heart to those in need, and then everything will be clean for you.

    42“But woe to you Pharisees! You give a tenth of your mint, rue, and every herb, yet you neglect justice and love for God! But you should have done these things without neglecting the others.

    43Woe to you Pharisees! You love the best seats in the synagogues and elaborate greetings in the marketplaces!

    44Woe to you! You are like unmarked graves, and people walk over them without realizing it!”

  • Matt 23:13
    74%

    13“But woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You keep locking people out of the kingdom of heaven! For you neither enter nor permit those trying to enter to go in.

  • Matt 15:14
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    14Leave them! They are blind guides. If someone who is blind leads another who is blind, both will fall into a pit.”

  • Luke 11:39
    71%

    39But the Lord said to him,“Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.

  • Luke 6:39
    70%

    39He also told them a parable:“Someone who is blind cannot lead another who is blind, can he? Won’t they both fall into a pit?

  • Luke 11:46
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    46But Jesus replied,“Woe to you experts in religious law as well! You load people down with burdens difficult to bear, yet you yourselves refuse to touch the burdens with even one of your fingers!

  • Matt 19:24
    70%

    24Again I say, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter into the kingdom of God.”

  • Matt 7:3-6
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    70%

    3Why do you see the speck in your brother’s eye, but fail to see the beam of wood in your own?

    4Or how can you say to your brother,‘Let me remove the speck from your eye,’ while there is a beam in your own?

    5You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

    6Do not give what is holy to dogs or throw your pearls before pigs; otherwise they will trample them under their feet and turn around and tear you to pieces.

  • Matt 23:32-34
    3 verses
    69%

    32Fill up then the measure of your ancestors!

    33You snakes, you offspring of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell?

    34“For this reason I am sending you prophets and wise men and experts in the law, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will flog in your synagogues and pursue from town to town,

  • Luke 20:46-47
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    69%

    46“Beware of the experts in the law. They like walking around in long robes, and they love elaborate greetings in the marketplaces and the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets.

    47They devour widows’ property, and as a show make long prayers. They will receive a more severe punishment.”

  • Mark 12:39-40
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    69%

    39and the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets.

    40They devour widows’ property, and as a show make long prayers. These men will receive a more severe punishment.”

  • Mark 10:25
    69%

    25It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.”

  • Matt 15:7
    69%

    7Hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you when he said,

  • Luke 6:41-42
    2 verses
    68%

    41Why do you see the speck in your brother’s eye, but fail to see the beam of wood in your own?

    42How can you say to your brother,‘Brother, let me remove the speck from your eye,’ while you yourself don’t see the beam in your own? You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

  • Luke 11:52
    68%

    52Woe to you experts in religious law! You have taken away the key to knowledge! You did not go in yourselves, and you hindered those who were going in.”

  • Luke 18:25
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    25In fact, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.”

  • Matt 23:19
    68%

    19You are blind! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that makes the gift sacred?

  • Luke 16:15
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    15But Jesus said to them,“You are the ones who justify yourselves in men’s eyes, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly prized among men is utterly detestable in God’s sight.

  • Lev 11:4
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    4However, you must not eat these from among those that chew the cud and have divided hooves: The camel is unclean to you because it chews the cud even though its hoof is not divided.

  • Mark 7:13
    67%

    13Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like this.”

  • Luke 12:1
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    1Fear God, Not People Meanwhile, when many thousands of the crowd had gathered so that they were trampling on one another, Jesus began to speak first to his disciples,“Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

  • Mark 7:8
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    8Having no regard for the command of God, you hold fast to human tradition.”

  • Ezek 34:3
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    3You eat the fat, you clothe yourselves with the wool, you slaughter the choice animals, but you do not feed the sheep!

  • Luke 12:56
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    56You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but how can you not know how to interpret the present time?

  • Matt 15:17
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    17Don’t you understand that whatever goes into the mouth enters the stomach and then passes out into the sewer?