Fools and blind! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctifies the gold?
Fools and blind! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that sanctifies the gift?
Understand, you senseless among the people; And you fools, when will you be wise?
And, ‘Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is obliged to perform it.’
For both He who sanctifies and those who are being sanctified are all of one, for which reason He is not ashamed to call them brethren,