Berean Standard Bible
Matthew 23:16-24
16WoeG3759 to youG4771, blindG5185 guidesG3595! You sayG3004, ‘If anyoneG3739G302 swearsG3660 byG1722 theG3588 templeG3485, it meansG1510 nothingG3762; butG1161 if anyoneG3739G302 swearsG3660 byG1722 theG3588 goldG5557 of theG3588 templeG3485, he is bound by his oathG3784.’ 17You blindG5185 foolsG3474! WhichG5101 isG1510 greaterG3173: theG3588 goldG5557, orG2228 theG3588 templeG3485 that makes it sacredG37G3588G5557? 18AndG2532 you say, ‘If anyoneG3739G302 swearsG3660 byG1722 theG3588 altarG2379, it meansG1510 nothingG3762; butG1161 if anyoneG3739G302 swearsG3660 byG1722 theG3588 giftG1435 onG1883 itG846, he is bound by his oathG3784.’ 19You blind menG5185! WhichG5101 is greaterG3173: theG3588 giftG1435, orG2228 theG3588 altarG2379 that makes it sacredG37G3588G1435? 20So thenG3767, he whoG3588 swearsG3660 byG1722 theG3588 altarG2379 swearsG3660 byG1722 itG846 andG2532 byG1722 everythingG3956 onG1883 itG846. 21AndG2532 he whoG3588 swearsG3660 byG1722 theG3588 templeG3485 swearsG3660 byG1722 itG846 andG2532 byG1722 theG3588 One who dwellsG2730 in itG846. 22AndG2532 he whoG3588 swearsG3660 byG1722 heavenG3772 swearsG3660 byG1722 God’sG2316 throneG2362 andG2532 byG1722 theG3588 One who sitsG2521 onG1883 itG846.
23WoeG3759 to youG4771, scribesG1122 andG2532 PhariseesG5330, you hypocritesG5273! You pay tithes ofG586 mintG2238, dillG432, andG2532 cuminG2951. ButG2532 you have disregardedG863 theG3588 weightierG926 matters of theG3588 lawG3551: justiceG2920, mercyG1656, andG2532 faithfulnessG4102. You should haveG1163 practicedG4160 the latterG3778, withoutG1161G3361 neglectingG863 the formerG2548. 24You blindG5185 guidesG3595! You strain outG1368 a gnatG2971 butG1161 swallowG2666 a camelG2574.1
Notes
- 1. Matthew 23:24 See Leviticus 11:4 and Leviticus 11:23, where camels and gnats are both forbidden as food. ↩
Commentaries on Matthew 23
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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