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Matthew 23:17 Cross-References
Explore 4 cross-references for Matthew 23:17 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Matthew chapter 23 verse 17 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?”
Matthew 23:17 (KJV)
Commentary on Matthew 23:17
Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?—Jesus uses mōroi kai typhloi (μωροὶ καὶ τυφλοί, fools and blind) to describe moral and spiritual stupidity, not intellectual deficiency. The Pharisees' casuistry about oaths inverted reality: they claimed swearing by Temple gold was binding, but swearing by the Temple itself was not. Jesus exposes this as absurdly irrational.The verb hagiazōn (ἁγιάζων, sanctifying) reveals the theological error: the Temple, as God's dwelling place, consecrates everything in it—not vice versa. The gold derives its hol...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Matthew 23:17
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“the gift”
“The censers of these sinners against their own souls”
“you senseless among the people; you fools”
“the ark of the testimony”