Matthew 23:19

You blind ones: which is greater, the offering, or the altar which makes the offering holy

Exodus 29:37

For seven days you are to make offerings for the altar and make it holy, so that it may become completely holy, and anything touching it will become holy.

Exodus 30:29

And you are to make them most holy; anything touching them will become holy.

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Matthew 23:19

Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?

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And he made the altar for the burning of spices, using the same hard wood; it was square, a cubit long and a cubit wide and two cubits high; the horns made of the same.

And he put the gold altar in the Tent of meeting, in front of the veil:

If anyone has some holy flesh folded in the skirt of his robe, will bread or soup or wine or oil or any other food be made holy if touched by his skirt? And the priests answering said, No.

But I say to you that a greater thing than the Temple is here.