Matthew 23:24
Monday, 19 October 2026
Blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel! Matthew 23:24
“‘Guides, blind’! The ‘through-filtering the gnat’, the ‘also camel gulping’.” (CG)
In the previous verse, Jesus began His fifth woe against the scribes and Pharisees, noting that they paid tithes of the little things but forsook the weightier things expected of them. He next chastises them for this conduct, beginning with, “‘Guides, blind’!”
Jesus has already used this same thought against Israel’s leaders in Matthew 15:14 and 23:16. The idea of their failed leadership is somewhat reflected in…
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