17Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?
The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them make them broad plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before the LORD, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel. …
And thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the congregation therewith, and the ark of the testimony, …
Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 13-33)In these verses we have eight woes levelled directly against the scribes and Pharisees by our Lord Jesus Christ, like so many claps of thunder, or flashes of lightning, from mount Sinai. Three woes are made to look very dreadful ( Rev. 8:13 ; 9:12 ); but here are eight woes, in opposition to the eight beatitudes, Matt. 5:3. The gospel has its woes as well as the law, and gospel curses are of all c…
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