Exodus 29:37; Exodus 30:29
The altar that sanctifieth the gift - The altar, dedicated to God, gave all the value or holiness to the offering, and must therefore be the grea...
Seven Woes. Seven is a sacred number and often used in Mt., as in OT ( cf. especially Isaiah 5) and Rev. The first three treat of Pharisaic teac...
Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?
Ye fools and blind— The Apostle's words, Hebrews 6:16 are a proper comment on the 17th verse, for men verily swear by the greater. Whoso shall s...
Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift? Ye fools, and blind! for whether is greater, th...
Denunciation of the Pharisees 1-36. Final denunciation of the Scribes and Pharisees. The other synoptists insert in this place a brief utterance d...
The Seven Woes on the Scribes and Pharisees . Jesus, knowing that His death was at hand, and that the conversion of His enemies was hopeless, poured...
On dishonest casuistry . The lax moralists of that time invented ways of evading the obligation of truthfulness, by saying that certain forms of swe...
6; Matthew 22:1-46 ; Matthew 23:1-39 Chapter 17 Conflict in the Temple - Matthew 21:18-46 - Matthew 22:1-46 - Matthew 23:1-39 IT had b...
Woes for the False-hearted Matthew 23:13-26 These repeated woes may be translated, Alas for you! Our Lord with unfailing accuracy indicates t...
This chapter is one of the most sublime and awful in the whole inspired volume. It records the last words of Jesus to the crowds. He summed up, He re...
"But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suff...
Ye fools, and blind ,.... This is very justly repeated, since this is no less an instance of their folly, blindness, and stupidity. In three copies...
Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift? Ver. 19. Ye fools and blind ] The second time s...
Wo unto you, ye blind guides Before he had styled them hypocrites , from their personal character; now he gives them another title respecting thei...
The Lord now turns to speak to the entire crowd, His disciples being mentioned as included. He warns them against the hypocrisy of scribes and Pharis...
The Crimes of the Pharisees. 13 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrit...
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Jesus Passes Judgment On The Scribes And Pharisees And Describes the Devastations Coming On The World Prior To His Coming Again And The Judgment Tha...
Words in the Temple (23:1-39). a Exhortation to His disciples and the crowds not to be like the Scribes and Pharisees, but to be doers and not he...
Jesus Faces The Scribes and Pharisees Up To Their Hypocrisy (23:13-33). It will be quite clear that the words which Jesus has spoken to His discip...
Their Failure To Discern What Is Truly Holy (23:16-22). Their next condemnation lies in the fact that they lay greater emphasis on their own gifts...
“You blind ones, for which is greater, the gift, or the altar which sanctifies the gift?” Then He passes His verdict and confirms why He considers t...
CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 23:16 . Gold of the temple. —The exact meaning of this expression is uncertain; but the probability is that it refers to...
Matthew 23:2 . Sit in Moses' seat. The sanhedrim had seventy one chairs of gold, or rather gilt with gold. The council which sat at Alexandria had...
Whosoever shall swear by the Temple, it is nothing. Thoughtless profanity Are there any before me who are accustomed to use God’s name as an ex...
EXPOSITION Matthew 23:1-40 Denunciation of the scribes and Pharisees, and lamentation over Jerusalem which followed their guidance to her...
The fourth woe:
Ye fools and blind! For whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?
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