Matthew 23:19 · American Standard Version
Matthew 23:19 in the Original Greek
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Matthew 23:19 in Other Translations
| KJV | Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift? |
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| WEB | You blind fools! For which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift? |
| ASV | Ye blind: for which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift? |
| YLT | Fools and blind! for which is greater, the gift, or the altar that is sanctifying the gift? |
| WBT | [Ye] fools, and blind: for which [is] greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift? |
| DBY | [Fools and] blind ones, for which is greater, the gift, or the altar which sanctifies the gift? |
Commentary on Matthew 23:19
Expositions from classic Bible commentators.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown · Matthew 23:19
Ye fools, and blind! for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?--(See Exo 29:37).
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Questions about Matthew 23:19
What does Matthew 23:19 say?
Matthew 23:19 in the American Standard Version reads: “Ye blind: for which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?” Read it in the full context of Matthew 23, alongside the classic commentary on this page.
Where is Matthew 23:19 found in the Bible?
Matthew 23:19 is in the book of Matthew, chapter 23, verse 19, in the New Testament.
What Bible translation is Matthew 23:19 shown in?
This is the American Standard Version (ASV), a public-domain translation. You can compare how other translations render Matthew 23:19 in the table on this page.
Whosoever therefore shall swear by the altar,.... Not that Christ allowed of swearing by the altar, or by the temple, or by heaven, or by any creature, animate or inanimate; for such swearing is elsewhere disapproved of by him, and forbid, but if a man did swear by the altar, he ought to know, and consider that he not only
sweareth by it, but by all the gifts, and offerings that are brought, and laid upon it,
and by all things thereon; whatever gifts and sacrifices are offered upon it; which, by being put there, become holy, as the altar itself: so that he that swears by the altar, swears also by the gifts of the altar; and consequently, according to their own traditions, such oaths must be binding.