Matthew 23:19 - Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁹ How blind you are! For which is greater: the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift?

Matoleo zaidi

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁹ Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁹ You blind men! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar which makes the gift sacred?

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁹ Ye blind: for which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?

Common English Bible

¹⁹ You blind people! Which is greater, the gift or the altar that makes the gift holy?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁹ Ye blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?

English Standard Version 2016

¹⁹ You blind men! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that makes the gift sacred?

Matthew 23:19 Marejeleo ya Msalaba

Exodus 29:37

For seven days, you shall expiate and sanctify the altar, and it shall be the Holy of holies. All those who will touch it must be sanctified.

Exodus 30:29

And you shall sanctify everything, and they shall be the Holy of holies. He who will touch them must be sanctified.

Haggai 2:12

Thus says the Lord of hosts: the priests question the law, saying:

Matthew 23:17

You are foolish and blind! For which is greater: the gold, or the temple that sanctifies the gold?

Matthew 23:18

And you say: 'Whoever will have sworn by the altar, it is nothing. But whoever will have sworn by the gift that is on the altar is obligated.'

Matthew 23:20

Therefore, whoever swears by the altar, swears by it, and by all that is on it.