O fools and blind ones! Which is greater, the gold or the Temple that made the gold holy?
Pay attention, stupid among the people! Fools, when will you comprehend?
And you say, ‘Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the offering on it, he is obligated.’
O blind ones! Which is greater, the offering or the altar that makes the offering holy?
For both He who sanctifies and those being sanctified are all from one—so He is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters,