Matthew

Matthew 23:24

²⁴You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.^e

Footnotes

e 23:24 See Leviticus 11:4|LEV 11:4and Leviticus 11:23, where camels and gnats are both forbidden as food.

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English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
You blind	τυφλοί	typhloi	Adjective - Vocative Masculine Plural	G5185 blind
guides	ὁδηγοὶ	hodēgoi	Noun - Vocative Masculine Singular	G3595 a leader, guide
You strain out	διϋλίζοντες	diulizontes	Verb - Present Participle Active - Vocative Masculine Plural	G1368 I strain, put through a sieve
a gnat	κώνωπα	kōnōpa	Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular	G2971 a gnat, mosquito
but	δὲ	de	Conjunction	G1161 but, on the other hand, and
swallow	καταπίνοντες	katapinontes	Verb - Present Participle Active - Vocative Masculine Plural	G2666 I swallow, devour, destroy
a camel	κάμηλον	kamēlon	Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular	G2574 a camel

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.