Matthew 23:24
“Ye blind guides, which straine at a gnat, and swallow a camel.”
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Matthew 23:24 Context
22And he that shall sweare by heauen, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon. 23Woe vnto you Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; for yee pay tithe of mint, and annise, and cummine, and haue omitted the weightier matters of the Law, iudgement, mercie and faith: these ought ye to haue done, and not to leaue the other vndone. 24Ye blind guides, which straine at a gnat, and swallow a camel. 25Woe vnto you Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; for yee make cleane the outside of the cup, and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excesse. 26Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may bee cleane also.
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Other Translations for Matthew 23:24
[Ye] blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.
- King James Version
"You blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Ye blind guides, that strain out the gnat, and swallow the camel!
- American Standard Version (1901)
You blind guides, who take out a fly from your drink, but make no trouble over a camel.
- Basic English Bible
Blind guides, who strain out the gnat, but drink down the camel.
- Darby Bible
Ye blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel.
- Webster's Bible
You blind guides, straining out the gnat while you gulp down the camel!
- Weymouth Bible
You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!
- World English Bible
Blynde lederis, clensinge a gnatte, but swolewynge a camel.
- Wycliffe Bible
`Blind guides! who are straining out the gnat, and the camel are swallowing.
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for Matthew 23:24
23:24 Ye blind guides, who teach others to do as you do yourselves, to strain out a gnat - From the liquor they are going to drink! and swallow a camel - It is strange, that glaring false print, strain at a gnat, which quite alters the sense, should run through all the editions of our English Bibles.
People's Bible Notes for Matthew 23:24
Mt 23:24 Strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel. A forcible image of those who are very conscientious over small, and careless of great, matters.