Woes to Scribes and Pharisees
Matthew 23:17
In 9 translations
- BSB
- You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes it sacred?
- KJV
- Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?
- WEB
- You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctifies the gold?
- ASV
- Ye fools and blind: for which is greater, the gold, or the temple that hath sanctified the gold?
- LSV
- Fools and blind! For which [is] greater, the gold, or the temple that is sanctifying the gold?
- YLT
- Fools and blind! for which [is] greater, the gold, or the sanctuary that is sanctifying the gold?
- DBY
- Fools and blind, for which is greater, the gold, or the temple which sanctifies the gold?
- DRC
- Ye foolish and blind; for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?
- GNV
- Ye fooles and blinde, whether is greater, the golde, or the Temple that sanctifieth the golde?
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Where the editions differ
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ἁγιάσας (“is sanctifying”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἁγιάζων (“is sanctifying”).
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- SBLGNT: ἁγιάσας. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἁγιάσας; Robinson–Pierpont read ἁγιάζων.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- μωροὶ καὶ τυφλοί, τίς γὰρ μείζων ἐστίν, ὁ χρυσὸς ἢ ὁ ναὸς ὁ ἁγιάσας τὸν χρυσόν;
- RP2018
- Μωροὶ καὶ τυφλοί· τίς γὰρ μείζων ἐστίν, ὁ χρυσός, ἢ ὁ ναὸς ὁ ἁγιάζων τὸν χρυσόν;
- TR-Boyd
- Μωροὶ καὶ τυφλοί· τίς γὰρ μείζων ἐστίν, ὁ χρυσός, ἢ ὁ ναὸς ὁ ἁγιάζων τὸν χρυσόν;
- SCR1894
- μωροι και τυφλοι τις γαρ μειζων εστιν ο χρυσος η ο ναος ο αγιαζων τον χρυσον
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- Matthew 23:19You blind men! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar that makes it sacred?
- Numbers 16:38–39As for the censers of those who sinned at the cost of their own lives, hammer them into sheets to overlay the altar, for these were presented before the LORD, and so have become holy. They will serve as a sign to the…
- Psalms 94:8Take notice, O senseless among the people! O fools, when will you be wise?
- Exodus 30:26–29Use this oil to anoint the Tent of Meeting, the ark of the Testimony, the table and all its utensils, the lampstand and its utensils, the altar of incense, the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and the…
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