Matthew 23:17
You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifies the gold?
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- Matt 23:19 : 19 You blind fools! For which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift?
- Exod 30:26-29 : 26 You shall use it to anoint the Tent of Meeting, the ark of the testimony, 27 the table and all its articles, the lampstand and its accessories, the altar of incense, 28 the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the basin with its base. 29 You shall sanctify them, that they may be most holy. Whatever touches them shall be holy.
- Num 16:38-39 : 38 even the censers of these sinners against their own lives; and let them be made beaten plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before Yahweh; therefore they are holy; and they shall be a sign to the children of Israel." 39 Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers, which those who were burnt had offered; and they beat them out for a covering of the altar,
- Ps 94:8 : 8 Consider, you senseless among the people; you fools, when will you be wise?
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- Matt 23:18-2710 verses89%
18 'Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is obligated?'
19 You blind fools! For which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift?
20 He therefore who swears by the altar, swears by it, and by everything on it.
21 He who swears by the temple, swears by it, and by him who was living in it.
22 He who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him who sits on it.
23 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faith. But you ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.
24 You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!
25 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and unrighteousness.
26 You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the platter, that its outside may become clean also.
27 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitened tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.
- Matt 23:15-162 verses86%
15 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel around by sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much of a son of Gehenna as yourselves.
16 "Woe to you, 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.'
- Luke 11:39-402 verses73%
39 The Lord said to him, "Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness.
40 You foolish ones, didn't he who made the outside make the inside also?
- 1 Cor 3:17-182 verses71%
17 If anyone destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him; for God's temple is holy, which you are.
18 Let no one deceive himself. If anyone thinks that he is wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.
- Matt 12:5-62 verses71%
5 Or have you not read in the law, that on the Sabbath day, the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath, and are guiltless?
6 But I tell you that one greater than the temple is here.
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5 As some were talking about the temple and how it was decorated with beautiful stones and gifts, he said,
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5 Because you have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried my finest treasures into your temples,
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17 He taught, saying to them, "Isn't it written, 'My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations?' But you have made it a den of robbers!"
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22 You shall defile the overlaying of your engraved images of silver, and the plating of your molten images of gold. You shall cast them away as an unclean thing. You shall tell it, "Go away!"
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4 Don't trust in lying words, saying, The temple of Yahweh, the temple of Yahweh, the temple of Yahweh, are these.
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14 Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind. If the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit."
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13 He said to them, "It is written, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer,' but you have made it a den of robbers!"
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22 and the snuffers, and the basins, and the spoons, and the fire pans, of pure gold: and as for the entry of the house, the inner doors of it for the most holy place, and the doors of the main hall of the temple were of gold.
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18 But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, "Why do you test me, you hypocrites?
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39 He spoke a parable to them. "Can the blind guide the blind? Won't they both fall into a pit?
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1 Guard your steps when you go to God's house; for to draw near to listen is better than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they don't know that they do evil.
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6 Some pour out gold from the bag, and weigh silver in the balance. They hire a goldsmith, and he makes it a god. They fall down--yes, they worship.
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19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be as an unclean thing; their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of Yahweh: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels; because it has been the stumbling block of their iniquity.
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16 Why is there money in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, since he has no understanding?
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46 saying to them, "It is written, 'My house is a house of prayer,' but you have made it a 'den of robbers'!"
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1 How is the gold become dim! [how] is the most pure gold changed! The stones of the sanctuary are poured out at the head of every street.
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6 "Don't give that which is holy to the dogs, neither throw your pearls before the pigs, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.
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22 You who say a man shouldn't commit adultery. Do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?
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5 But you say, 'Whoever may tell his father or his mother, "Whatever help you might otherwise have gotten from me is a gift devoted to God,"
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23 When he had come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said, "By what authority do you do these things? Who gave you this authority?"
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15 The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
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21 'Hear now this, foolish people, and without understanding; who have eyes, and don't see; who have ears, and don't hear:
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23 But he perceived their craftiness, and said to them, "Why do you test me?
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25 He said to them, "Foolish men, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!
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23 You shall most certainly not make alongside of me gods of silver, or gods of gold for yourselves.
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29 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and decorate the tombs of the righteous,
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20 He asked them, "Whose is this image and inscription?"
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35 nor by the earth, for it is the footstool of his feet; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.
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5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.
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4 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
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24 Wisdom is before the face of one who has understanding, but the eyes of a fool wander to the ends of the earth.