Matthew 23:19
Ye fools, and blind: for which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?
Exodus 29:37
Seven days thou shalt make an atonement for the altar, and sanctify it; and it shall be an altar most holy: whatever toucheth the altar shall be holy.
Exodus 30:29
And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatever toucheth them shall be holy.
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Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?
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Exodus 37:25
And he made the incense-altar of shittim wood: the length of it was a cubit, and the breadth of it a cubit; it was foursquare; and two cubits was the hight of it; the horns of it were of the same.
Exodus 40:26
And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation, before the vail:
Haggai 2:12
If one shall bear holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and with his skirt shall touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any food, shall it be holy? And the priests answered and said, No.
Matthew 12:6
But I say to you, that in this place is one greater than the temple.