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The Book of Matthew, Chapter 23, Verse 20

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[Ye] ‹fools and blind: for whether› [is] ‹greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?›
King James Version
‹Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon.›
American Standard Version
He therefore that sweareth by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon.
New English Translation
“Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You give a tenth of mint, dill, and cumin, yet you neglect what is more important in the law– justice, mercy, and faithfulness! You should have done these things without neglecting the others.
World English Bible
He therefore who swears by the altar, swears by it, and by everything on it.
21
‹And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.›
22
‹And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.›
23
‹Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier› [matters] ‹of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.›
24
[Ye] ‹blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.›
25
‹Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.›
26
[Thou] ‹blind Pharisee, cleanse first that› [which is] ‹within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.›
27
‹Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead› [men's] ‹bones, and of all uncleanness.›
28
‹Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.›
29
‹Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,›
30
‹And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.›