Matthew 23:24

Woes to Scribes and Pharisees

23Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin. But you have disregarded the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former. 24You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.

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Berean Standard Bible
You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.
American Standard Version (1901)
Ye blind guides, that strain out the gnat, and swallow the camel!
Bible in Basic English
You blind guides, who take out a fly from your drink, but make no trouble over a camel.
Douay-Rheims 1899
Blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel.
Free Bible Version
You blind guides—you strain what you drink to keep out a fly but then you swallow a camel!
Geneva Bible 1599
Ye blinde guides, which straine out a gnat, and swallowe a camell.
King James (Authorized) Version
Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.
One Unity Resource Bible
You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!
Translation for Translators
You leaders are like blind people who are trying to lead others. According to your laws you say that touching gnats and camels makes you unacceptable to God. What you are doing is like straining a gnat out of a jar of water so that you do not swallow it and thereby become unacceptable to God, and at the same time swallowing a camel with the water [MET]!”
Unlocked Literal Bible
You blind guides, you who strain out a gnat but swallow a camel!
Noah Webster Bible
Ye blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel.
World English Bible
You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!
Young's Literal Translation
'Blind guides! who are straining out the gnat, and the camel are swallowing.