KJV King James Version
[Ye] blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.
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Matthew 23:24
[Ye] blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.
WEB World English Bible
You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!
ASV American Standard Version
Ye blind guides, that strain out the gnat, and swallow the camel!
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘Blind guides! who are straining out the gnat, and the camel are swallowing.
Surrounding context — Matthew 23
21 And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.
22 And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.
23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier [matters] of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
24 [Ye] blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.
25 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.
26 [Thou] blind Pharisee, cleanse first that [which is] within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.
27 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead [men’s] bones, and of all uncleanness.
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Matthew 19:24And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.Matthew 27:6-8And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.Matthew 15:2-6Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.Luke 6:7-10And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath day; that they might find an accusation against him.John 18:28Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover.Matthew 23:16Woe unto you, [ye] blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!John 18:40Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.Matthew 7:4Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam [is] in thine own eye?
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