Matthew 23:17 meaning and explanation
You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes it sacred?
Matthew 23:17, Berean Standard Bible
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Jesus is speaking to the crowds and his disciples about the scribes and Pharisees during his final week in Jerusalem. In this third woe he presses their casuistry about oaths: they had ranked swearing by the temple's gold as binding while swearing by the temple itself was not.
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