Matthew 23:19

New English Translation

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

Cross References

Exodus 29:37

For seven days you are to make atonement for the altar and set it apart as holy. Then the altar will be most holy. Anything that touches the altar will be holy.

Exodus 30:29

So you are to sanctify them, and they will be most holy; anything that touches them will be holy.

Haggai 2:12

If someone carries holy meat in a fold of his garment and that fold touches bread, a boiled dish, wine, olive oil, or any other food, will that item become holy?’” The priests answered, “It will not.”

Matthew 23:17

Blind fools! Which is greater, the gold or the temple that makes the gold sacred?

Matthew 23:18

And, ‘Whoever swears by the altar is bound by nothing. But if anyone swears by the gift on it he is bound by the oath.’

Matthew 23:20

So whoever swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it.