Matthew 23:17

James Moffatt - New Testament

You are senseless and blind! for which is the greater, the gold or the sanctuary that makes the gold sacred?

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You are blind! for which is the greater, the gift or the altar that makes the gift sacred?

You say again, 'Swear by the altar, and it means nothing; but swear by the gift upon it, and the oath is binding.'

For sanctifier and sanctified have all one origin. That is why he is not ashamed to call them brothers,