Matthew 23:24

²² And he who swears by heaven swears by God’s throne and by the One who sits on it.

²³ Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin. But you have disregarded the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.

You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.

²⁵ Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.

²⁶ Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, so that the outside may become clean as well.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.
KJV: Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.
WEB: You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!
ASV: Ye blind guides, that strain out the gnat, and swallow the camel!
DARBY: Blind guides, who strain out the gnat, but drink down the camel.
BLB: Blind guides—those straining out the gnat and swallowing up the camel!

ÅB: Dere er blinde veiledere, som siler ut myggen men sluker kamelen!
OTB: Dere blinde veiledere! Dere siler ut en mygg, men sluker en kamel.
B1930: I blinde veiledere, som avsiler myggen, men sluker kamelen!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

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Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”
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Matthew 27:6–8
The chief priests picked up the pieces of silver and said, “It is unlawful to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money.”
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Luke 6:7–10
Looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, the scribes and Pharisees were watching Him closely to see if He would heal on the Sabbath.
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Matthew 15:2–6
“Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They do not wash their hands before they eat.”
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John 18:28
Then they led Jesus away from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. By now it was early morning, and the Jews did not enter the Praetorium, to avoid being defiled and unable to eat the Passover.
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Matthew 23:16
Woe to you, blind guides! You say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’
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John 18:40
“Not this man,” they shouted, “but Barabbas!” (Now Barabbas was an insurrectionist.)
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Matthew 7:4
How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ while there is still a beam in your own eye?
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