Matthew 23:19

You fools and blind: for which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift?

Exodus 29:37

Seven days you shall make an atonement for the altar, and sanctify it; and it shall be an altar most holy: whatsoever touches the altar shall be holy.

Exodus 30:29

And you shall sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatsoever touches 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: the length of it was a cubit, and the breadth of it a cubit; it was foursquare; and two cubits was the height of it; the horns of it were of one piece with it.

And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation before the veil:

If one bears holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and with his skirt does touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any food, shall it be holy? And the priests answered and said, No.

But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the temple.