Matthew 23:24 “You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.”

Matthew 23:24

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Ye blinde guides, which straine out a gnat, and swallowe a camell.

Darby Translation

Blind guides, who strain out the gnat, but drink down the camel.

Young's Literal Translation

'Blind guides! who are straining out the gnat, and the camel are swallowing.

Bible in Basic English

You blind guides, who take out a fly from your drink, but make no trouble over a camel.

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Cross references

“Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.”

Matthew 19:24 Matthew 27:6–8 Matthew 15:2–6 Luke 6:7–10 John 18:28 Matthew 7:4

Matthew 19:24 · BSB

Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”

Matthew 27:6–8 · BSB

The chief priests picked up the pieces of silver and said, “It is unlawful to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money.”

Matthew 15:2–6 · BSB

“Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They do not wash their hands before they eat.”

Luke 6:7–10 · BSB

Looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, the scribes and Pharisees were watching Him closely to see if He would heal on the Sabbath.

John 18:28 · BSB

Then they led Jesus away from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. By now it was early morning, and the Jews did not enter the Praetorium, to avoid being defiled and unable to eat the Passover.

Matthew 7:4 · BSB

How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ while there is still a beam in your own eye?

Also

Matthew 23:16

Matthew 23:16 · BSB

Woe to you, blind guides! You say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

23Woe 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.

25Woe 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.

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