Matthew 23:19 KJV — MannaFest

Matthew 23:19

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

KJV

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ASV

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

WEB

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

YLT

Fools and blind! for which is greater, the gift, or the altar that is sanctifying the gift?

DBT

[Fools and] blind ones, for which is greater, the gift, or the altar which sanctifies the gift?

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Matthew — The Gospel of the promised King. Five discourses punctuate the narrative; roughly sixty-five Old Testament citations bind the story to the prophets.

Author: Matthew (Levi), a former tax collector called by Jesus
Date: c. AD 50–60

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Cross-references

13 verses on the floor

Matthew 5:23
Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;
Exodus 29:37
Seven days thou shalt make an atonement for the altar, and sanctify it; and it shall be an altar most holy: whatsoever toucheth the altar shall be holy.
Haggai 2:12
If one bear holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and with his skirt do touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any meat, shall it be holy? And the priests answered and said, No.
Matthew 23:17
Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?
Exodus 30:29
And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy.

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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Those that put their own works into the place of Christ's righteousness in justification are guilty of the Pharisees' absurdity, who preferred the gift before the altar. Every true Christian is a living temple; and by virtue thereof common things are sanctified to him; unto the pure all things are pure ( Tit. i.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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Word trails from this verse

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

G143519× in canon G237923× in canon G3728× in canon G518550× in canon G3173243× in canon G2228342× in canon

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Where the connections lead

Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

MAT 23:19EXO 30:29 MAT 23:17
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
MAT 23:19EXO 29:37 EXO 40:10
MAT 23:19EXO 30:29 EXO 29:37
MAT 23:19EXO 30:29 LEV 6:18
MAT 23:19EXO 29:37 DAN 9:24
MAT 23:19EXO 29:37 EXO 30:28-29

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