Bible verse

Matthew 23:24

You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.

Matthew 23:24 · BSB

Matthew 23:24 in context

The verses around it, from Matthew 23.

20 So then, he who swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it.

21 And he who swears by the temple swears by it and by the One who dwells in it.

22 And he who swears by heaven swears by God’s throne and by the One who sits on it.

23 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin. But you have disregarded the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.

24 You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.

25 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.

26 Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, so that the outside may become clean as well.

27 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside, but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of impurity.

28 In the same way, on the outside you appear to be righteous, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.

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Matthew 23:24 in other translations

KJV

[Ye] blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.

ASV

Ye blind guides, that strain out the gnat, and swallow the camel!

ERV

Ye blind guides, which strain out the gnat, and swallow the camel.

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