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[Fools and] blind ones, for which is greater, the gift, or the altar which sanctifies the gift
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He therefore that swears by the altar swears by it and by all things that are upon it.
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And he that swears by the temple swears by it and by him that dwells in it
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And he that swears by heaven swears by the throne of God and by him that sits upon it.
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Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye pay tithes of mint and anise and cummin, and ye have left aside the weightier matters of the law, judgment and mercy and faith: these ye ought to have done and not have left those aside.
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Blind guides, who strain out the gnat, but drink down the camel.
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Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but within they are full of rapine and intemperance.
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Blind Pharisee, make clean first the inside of the cup and of the dish, that their outside also may become clean.
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Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye are like whited sepulchres, which appear beautiful outwardly, but within are full of dead men's bones and all uncleanness.
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Thus also *ye*, outwardly ye appear righteous to men, but within are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
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Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets and adorn the tombs of the just,