Matthew 23:14,24
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 23:14 King James Version (KJV)
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.
Matthew 23:24 King James Version (KJV)
Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.
Matthew 23:14 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
[Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense you make long prayers; therefore you will receive greater condemnation.]
Matthew 23:24 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
You blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!
Matthew 23:14 New Century Version (NCV)
How terrible for you, teachers of the law and Pharisees. You are hypocrites. You take away widows’ houses, and you say long prayers so that people will notice you. So you will have a worse punishment.]
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 23:14 New King James Version (NKJV)
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.
Matthew 23:24 New King James Version (NKJV)
Blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!
Matthew 23:14 Amplified Bible (AMP)
[Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you swallow up widows’ houses, and to cover it up you make long prayers; therefore you will receive the greater condemnation.]
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!
Matthew 23:14 The Passion Translation (TPT)
“Great sorrow awaits you religious scholars and you Pharisees—frauds and pretenders! For you eat up the widow’s household with the ladle of your prayers. Because of this, you will receive a greater judgment.