Bible Verses

How blind you are! Which is more valuable: the offering on the altar or the altar itself, which makes the offering sacred?

Swearing by the altar isn’t binding, but swearing by the offering on the altar is binding.

Foolish men! Blind men! Which is more valuable: the gold inside the temple, or the temple itself, which makes the gold a sacred treasure? You say:

Woe to you, blind guides! You say: To swear by the temple is not binding, but to swear by the gold of the temple is binding.

Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You travel across sea and land to make a single convert; yet, once he is converted, you make him a child of Gehenna twice as much as yourselves!

[[Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You consume widows’ property, and in public, you pray lengthy prayers! Therefore, you will receive greater condemnation.]]

But woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the door to the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. You, yourselves, do not enter, nor do you allow others to do so.

Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

Let the greatest among you be the servant of all.

You should not be called Master, because you have but one master, the Messiah.