Matthew 23:24 meaning and explanation
You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.
Matthew 23:24, Berean Standard Bible
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Jesus is speaking to the crowds and His disciples about the scribes and Pharisees, continuing a series of woes against their hypocrisy. Here He pictures them carefully filtering a tiny insect out of their drink, as the law required of small creeping things, yet swallowing a whole camel, an unclean animal.
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