17 Fools and blind! For which is greater, the gold, or the Holy Place that sanctifies the gold?
Matthew 23:17 Cross References - LITV
Exodus 30:26-29
26 And you shall anoint with it the tabernacle of the congregation and the ark of the testimony,
27 and the table and all its vessels and the altar of incense,
28 and the altar of burnt offering, and all its vessels, and the laver and its base.
29 And you shall sanctify them, and they shall become most holy; everything touching them shall become holy.
Numbers 16:38-39
38 the fire-pans of these sinners against their own souls. And they shall make of them spreadout plates, a covering for the altar, for they have brought them near before Jehovah, and they are holy. And they shall become a sign to the sons of Israel.
39 And Eleazar the priest took the bronze fire-pans, which they who were burned had brought near, and they spread them out, a covering for the altar,
Psalms 94:8
8 Understand you beastly ones among the people; yea, you fools, when will you be wise?
Matthew 23:19
19 Fools and blind! For which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift?