Matthew 23:17
You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctifies the gold?This verse in the real world
In what words
- μωρόςmōrósdull or stupid (as if shut up), i.e. heedless, (morally) blockhead, (apparently) absurd
- χρυσόςchrysósgold; by extension, a golden article, as an ornament or coin
- ἁγιάζωhagiázōto make holy, i.e. (ceremonially) purify or consecrate; (mentally) to venerate
- μείζωνmeízōnlarger (literally or figuratively, specially, in age)
- ναόςnaósa fane, shrine, temple
- τυφλόςtyphlósopaque (as if smoky), i.e. (by analogy) blind (physically or mentally)
- ἤḗdisjunctive, or; comparative, than
- τίςtísan interrogative pronoun, who, which or what (in direct or indirect questions)
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.