Therefore when thou offerest thy gift at the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;

leave there thine offering before the altar, and go thy way first, and be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.

"What say ye to this? A certain man had two sons, and came to the elder and said, 'Son, go and work today in my vineyard.'

And, 'Whosoever sweareth by the altar it is nothing: but whosoever sweareth by the offering that lieth on the altar offendeth.'

Ye fools and blind: whether is greater; the offering, or the altar which sanctifieth the offering?

Whosoever therefore sweareth by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all that thereon is.

that upon you may come all the righteous blood that was shed upon the earth: from the blood of righteous Abel, unto the blood of Zachariah the son of Barachiah, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar:

And there appeared unto him, an angel of the Lord, standing on the right side of the altar of incense.

from the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, which perished between the altar and the temple. Verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this nation.

The elder brother was in the field, and when he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard minstrelsy, and dancing,

For as I passed by and beheld the manner how ye worship your gods, I found an altar wherein was written, Unto the unknown God. Whom ye then ignorantly worship, him show I unto you:

"The elder shall serve the younger."

Do ye not understand how that they which minister in the temple, have their finding of the temple? And they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar?

Behold Israel which walketh carnally. Are not they which eat of the sacrifice, partakers of the altar?

Despise not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee through prophecy, and with laying on of the hands of an elder.

Rebuke not an elder: but exhort him as a father, and the younger men as brethren,

the elder women as mothers, the younger as sisters, with all pureness.

Against an elder receive none accusation: but under two or three witnesses.

That the elder men be sober, honest, discreet, sound in the faith, in love and in patience.

And the elder women likewise that they be in such raiment as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much drinking, but teachers of honest things,

For he of whom these things are spoken, pertaineth unto another tribe, of which never man served at the altar.

We have an altar whereof they may not eat, which serve in the tabernacle.

Was not Abraham our father justified through works when he offered Isaac his son upon the altar?

The elders which are among you I exhort, which am also an elder and a witness of the afflictions of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be opened:

Likewise, ye younger submit yourselves unto the elder. Submit yourselves every man, one to another. Knit yourselves together in lowliness of mind. For God resisteth the proud and giveth grace to the humble.

The elder, to the elect lady and her children which I love in the truth: And not I only, but also all that have known the truth,

The elder unto the beloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth.

And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar, the souls of them that were killed for the word of God, and for the testimony which they had,

And another angel came and stood before the altar having a golden censer, and much of odours was given unto him, that he should offer of the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar, which was before the seat.

And the angel took the censer and filled it with fire of the altar and cast it into the earth, and voices were made, and thunderings, and lightnings, and earthquake.

And the sixth angel blew, and I heard a voice from the four corners of the golden altar, which is before God,

And then was given me a reed, like unto a rod, and it was said unto me, "Rise and mete the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein;

And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire, and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, and said, "Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the earth: for her grapes are ripe."

And I heard another out of the altar say, "Even so, Lord God almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments."