Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.

Bible References

It is not

Matthew 23:24
Blind guides! You strain out a gnat, yet gulp down a camel!
Luke 6:7
The scribes and Pharisees were watching Him closely, to see if He would heal on the Sabbath, so that they could find a charge against Him.
John 18:28
Then they took Jesus from Caiaphas to the governor’s headquarters. It was early morning. They did not enter the headquarters themselves; otherwise they would be defiled and unable to eat the Passover.

To put

Deuteronomy 23:18
Do not bring a female prostitute’s wages or a male prostitute’s earnings into the house of the Lord your God to fulfill any vow, because both are detestable to the Lord your God.
Isaiah 61:8
For I Yahweh love justice;
I hate robbery and injustice;
I will faithfully reward them
and make an everlasting covenant with them.

General references

Exodus 32:35
And the Lord inflicted a plague on the people for what they did with the calf Aaron had made.
Matthew 23:24
Blind guides! You strain out a gnat, yet gulp down a camel!
Luke 14:30
saying, ‘This man started to build and wasn’t able to finish.’

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