Matthew 23:24
Matthew 23:23-24 The Message (MSG)
“You’re hopeless, you religion scholars and Pharisees! Frauds! You keep meticulous account books, tithing on every nickel and dime you get, but on the meat of God’s Law, things like fairness and compassion and commitment—the absolute basics!—you carelessly take it or leave it. Careful bookkeeping is commendable, but the basics are required. Do you have any idea how silly you look, writing a life story that’s wrong from start to finish, nitpicking over commas and semicolons?
Matthew 23:24 King James Version (KJV)
Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.
Matthew 23:24 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
You blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!
Matthew 23:24 New Century Version (NCV)
You guide the people, but you are blind! You are like a person who picks a fly out of a drink and then swallows a camel!
Matthew 23:24 American Standard Version (ASV)
Ye blind guides, that strain out the gnat, and swallow the camel!
Matthew 23:24 New International Version (NIV)
You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.
Matthew 23:24 New King James Version (NKJV)
Blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!
Matthew 23:24 Amplified Bible (AMP)
You [spiritually] blind guides, who strain out a gnat [consuming yourselves with miniscule matters] and swallow a camel [ignoring and violating God’s precepts]! [Lev 11:24; 27:30; Mic 6:8]
Matthew 23:24 New Living Translation (NLT)
Blind guides! You strain your water so you won’t accidentally swallow a gnat, but you swallow a camel!