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Matthew 23:24

Wisdom

22 And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.

23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.

25 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.

26 Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.

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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!

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Cross references

  • Matthew 19:24

    And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

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  • Matthew 27:6–8

    And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.

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  • Luke 6:7–10

    And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath day; that they might find an accusation against him.

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  • Matthew 15:2–6

    Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.

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  • John 18:28

    Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover.

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  • Matthew 23:16

    Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!

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  • John 18:40

    Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.

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  • Matthew 7:4

    Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?

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