Matthew 23:24
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Ye blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!
Ye blind guides, that strain out the gnat, and swallow the camel!
You [spiritually] blind guides, who strain out a gnat [consuming yourselves with miniscule matters] and swallow a camel [ignoring and violating God’s precepts]!
You blind guides, filtering out a gnat and gulping down a camel!
Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.
Blind guides! You strain out a gnat, but gulp down a camel!
Blind guides! You strain out a gnat, but gulp down a camel!
You blind guides! You filter out an ant but swallow a camel.
Blind guides! — straining out a gnat, meanwhile swallowing a camel!
You blind leaders! You strain out a small fly but swallow a camel.
Blind guides, who strain out the gnat, but drink down the camel.
Blind guides— the ones straining-out the gnat, but swallowing the camel!
Blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel.
You guide the people, but you are blind! Think about a man picking a little fly out of his drink and then swallowing a camel! You are like that.
You are like blind people, but you show other people which way to go. You carefully take a small fly out of your water so that you do not drink it. But then you drink the large animal that is swimming in it!
Blind guides, you strain out a gnat but swallow a camel!
You blind guides, straining out a gnat and swallowing a camel!
You blind guides, straining out a gnat and swallowing a camel!
·You guide the people, but you are blind! [L Blind guides!] You ·are like a person who picks a fly out of a drink and then swallows a camel [L strain out a gnat, but swallow a camel; C worrying about the smallest mistakes while committing the biggest sins]!
Ye blind guides, which strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel.
You blind guides! You strain gnats ⌞out of your wine⌟, but you swallow camels.
Blind guides! You strain a fly out of your drink, but swallow a camel!
Blind guides! You strain out a gnat, yet gulp down a camel!
You guide the people, but you are blind! You are like a person who picks a fly out of his drink and then swallows a camel!
You blind guides! You filter out a gnat, yet swallow a camel!
“Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, you utter frauds! For you pay your tithe on mint and aniseed and cummin, and neglect the things which carry far more weight in the Law—justice, mercy and good faith. These are the things you should have observed—without neglecting the others. You call yourselves leaders, and yet you can’t see an inch before your noses, for you filter out the mosquito and swallow the camel.
Ye blind guides, who strain at a gnat and swallow a camel.
Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.
Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.
You blind guides, who strain out a gnat but swallow a camel!
Blind guides who filter out a gnat and swallow a camel!
Blind guides! You strain out a gnat and swallow a camel.
“You’re hopeless, you religion scholars and Pharisees! Frauds! You keep meticulous account books, tithing on every nickel and dime you get, but on the meat of God’s Law, things like fairness and compassion and commitment—the absolute basics!—you carelessly take it or leave it. Careful bookkeeping is commendable, but the basics are required. Do you have any idea how silly you look, writing a life story that’s wrong from start to finish, nitpicking over commas and semicolons?
You blind guides who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!
You blind guides! · You strain out the gnat but gulp down the camel!
You blind guides! You strain gnats out of your wine, but you swallow camels.
Blind guides, who strain out the gnat and swallow the camel!
You blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!
You blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!
You blind guides! You strain out a gnat and then swallow a camel!
You guide the people, but you are blind! You are like a person who picks a fly out of a drink and then swallows a camel!
Blind guides! You strain out a gnat yet swallow a camel!
You blind guides! You remove the smallest insect from your food. But you swallow a whole camel!
You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.
You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.
Blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!
You blind leaders, you take a small bug out of your cup but you swallow a camel!
Blind guides! You strain your water so you won’t accidentally swallow a gnat, but you swallow a camel!
Blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!
You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel!
You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel!
You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel!
You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel!
You’re blind guides! You filter out a gnat, but you gulp down a camel!
Morei derech ivrim (blind guides), the ones that strain out a gnat and swallow a camel.
You blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!
You blind guides, straining out a gnat and swallowing a camel!
You blind guides, straining out a gnat and swallowing a camel!
O blind guides, straining out a gnat while swallowing a camel!
You hypocritical, blind leaders. You spoon a fly from your soup and swallow a camel.
You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!
You blind leaders! You take a fly out of your cup, but you drink down a big animal like a camel!
Blind leaders, cleansing a gnat, but swallowing a camel.
`Blind guides! who are straining out the gnat, and the camel are swallowing.
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