Matthew 23:19

The Passion Translation

What deception! For what is greater, the gift or the altar that makes the gift sacred?

Cross References

Matthew 23:17

You are deceived and blind! Which is greater, the gold or the temple that makes the gold sacred?

Matthew 23:18

And you say that whoever takes an oath by swearing, ‘By the altar,’ it is nothing. But if you swear, ‘By the gift upon the altar,’ then you are obligated to keep your oath.

Matthew 23:20

Whoever swears by the altar swears by the altar and everything offered on it.