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Matthew 23:17

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You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifies the gold?

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Jerusalem, where the temple stood, was Israel’s religious center and the setting for Jesus’ public denunciation of the scribes and Pharisees. His question about gold and the temple exposes their distorted oath-making, since the temple’s holiness derives from God’s presence and consecrating purpose.

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