Matthew 23:17

WEB

¹⁷You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctifies the gold?

KJV

¹⁷ Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?

BSB

¹⁷You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes it sacred?

FBV

¹⁷What is greater—the gold, or the Temple that makes the gold holy?

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Extra References

Matthew 23:19

¹⁹You blind fools! For which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift?

³⁸even the censers of those who sinned against their own lives. Let them be beaten into plates for a covering of the altar, for they offered them before the LORD. Therefore they are holy. They shall be a sign to the children of Israel.”

³⁹Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers which those who were burned had offered; and they beat them out for a covering of the altar,

Psalms 94:8

⁸Consider, you senseless among the people; you fools, when will you be wise?

Exodus 30:26-29

²⁶You shall use it to anoint the Tent of Meeting, the ark of the covenant, ²⁷the table and all its articles, the lamp stand and its accessories, the altar of incense, ²⁸the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the basin with its base. ²⁹You shall sanctify them, that they may be most holy. Whatever touches them shall be holy.