Matthew 23:17
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
You fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifies the gold?
American King James Version (AKJV)
You fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifies the gold?
American Standard Version (ASV)
Ye fools and blind: for which is greater, the gold, or the temple that hath sanctified the gold?
Basic English Translation (BBE)
You foolish ones and blind: which is greater, the gold, or the Temple which makes the gold holy?
Webster's Revision
Ye fools, and blind: for which is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?
World English Bible
You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifies the gold?
English Revised Version (ERV)
Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that hath sanctified the gold?
Barnes's Matthew 23:17 Bible Commentary
The temple that sanctifieth the gold - To sanctify is to make holy. The gold had no holiness but what it derived from the temple. If in any other place, it would be no more holy than any other gold. It was foolish, then, to suppose that that was more holy than the temple, from which it received all the sanctity which it possessed.
