Matthew 23:19

Good News Translation

How blind you are! Which is the more important, the gift or the altar which makes the gift holy?

Cross References

Exodus 29:37

Do this every day for seven days. Then the altar will be completely holy, and anyone or anything that touches it will be harmed by the power of its holiness.

Exodus 30:29

Dedicate these things in this way, and they will be completely holy, and anyone or anything that touches them will be harmed by the power of its holiness.

Haggai 2:12

Suppose someone takes a piece of consecrated meat from a sacrifice and carries it in a fold of his robe. If he then lets his robe touch any bread, cooked food, wine, olive oil, or any kind of food at all, will it make that food consecrated also?” When the question was asked, the priests answered, “No.”

Matthew 23:17

Blind fools! Which is more important, the gold or the Temple which makes the gold holy?

Matthew 23:18

You also teach, ‘If someone swears by the altar, he isn't bound by his vow; but if he swears by the gift on the altar, he is bound.’

Matthew 23:20

So then, when a person swears by the altar, he is swearing by it and by all the gifts on it;