Matthew 23:19

Blind! for which is greater, The gift, or the altar that halloweth the gift?

Exodus 29:37

Seven days, shalt thou put a propitiatory-covering over the altar, and so shalt hallow it, thus shall the altar become most holy; whosoever toucheth the altar, must be holy.

Exodus 30:29

So shalt thou hallow them, and they shall be most holy, - whosoever toucheth them, shall be 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 incense altar, of acacia wood, - a cubit, the length thereof, and, a cubit, the breadth thereof, foursquare, and two cubits the height thereof, of the same, were the horns thereof.

And he put the altar of gold in the tent of meeting, - before the veil;

If a man carry holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and then toucheth with his skirt bread or a cooked dish or wine or oil or any food, shall it be holy? And the priests answered and said, No.

But I say unto you, - Something greater than the Temple, is here!