Blind guides! You strain out a gnat yet swallow a camel!

你们这瞎眼领路的，蠓虫你们就滤出来，骆驼你们倒吞下去。

你们这瞎眼的向导，蠓虫你们就滤出来，骆驼你们倒吞下去。

你们这瞎眼的向导，蠓虫你们就滤出来，骆驼你们倒吞下去。

瞎眼的向导啊！你们滤出蚊虫，却吞下骆驼。

你们这些瞎眼的向导啊，你们把蚊虫滤出来，却把骆驼吞下去。

你们这些瞎眼的领路人哪，你们滤掉蠓虫，却吞下骆驼！

你們這瞎眼領路的，蠓蟲你們就濾出來，駱駝你們倒吞下去。

你們這瞎眼的嚮導，蠓蟲你們就濾出來，駱駝你們倒吞下去。

你們這瞎眼的嚮導，蠓蟲你們就濾出來，駱駝你們倒吞下去。

瞎眼的嚮導啊！你們濾出蚊蟲，卻吞下駱駝。

你們這些瞎眼的嚮導啊，你們把蚊蟲濾出來，卻把駱駝吞下去。

瞎眼的領路人哪，把蠓子濾出來，把駱駝吞下去的人哪！

你們這些瞎眼的領路人哪，你們濾掉蠓蟲，卻吞下駱駝！

瞽而導者乎、蚋則濾之、駝則吞之、○

爾瞽而相者、蚋則濾之、駝則吞之、

瞽而導人者、蚋則濾之、駝則吞之、○

爾瞽而作導者！蚋則濾之、駝則吞焉。

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

You blind guides! You remove the smallest insect from your food. But you swallow a whole camel!

You blind guides, straining out a gnat and swallowing a camel!

Blind guides! You strain your water so you won’t accidentally swallow a gnat, but you swallow a camel!

Blind guides! You strain out a gnat, but gulp down a camel!

You blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!

Blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!

Ye blind guides, that strain out the gnat, and swallow the camel!

Blind guides! You strain out a gnat, yet gulp down a camel!

[ Ye] blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.

You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!

Again I say, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter into the kingdom of God.”

The experts in the law and the Pharisees watched Jesus closely to see if he would heal on the Sabbath, so that they could find a reason to accuse him.But he knew their thoughts, and said to the man who had the withered hand,“ Get up and stand here.” So he rose and stood there.Then Jesus said to them,“ I ask you, is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath or to do evil, to save a life or to destroy it?”After looking around at them all, he said to the man,“ Stretch out your hand.” The man did so, and his hand was restored.

The chief priests took the silver and said,“ It is not lawful to put this into the temple treasury, since it is blood money.”After consulting together they bought the Potter’s Field with it, as a burial place for foreigners.For this reason that field has been called the“ Field of Blood” to this day.

“ Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don’t wash their hands when they eat.”He answered them,“ And why do you disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition?For God said,‘ Honor your father and mother’ and‘ Whoever insults his father or mother must be put to death.’But you say,‘ If someone tells his father or mother,“ Whatever help you would have received from me is given to God,”he does not need to honor his father.’ You have nullified the word of God on account of your tradition.

Or how can you say to your brother,‘ Let me remove the speck from your eye,’ while there is a beam in your own?

Then they shouted back,“ Not this man, but Barabbas!”( Now Barabbas was a revolutionary.)

“ Woe to you, blind guides, who say,‘ Whoever swears by the temple is bound by nothing. But whoever swears by the gold of the temple is bound by the oath.’

Then they brought Jesus from Caiaphas to the Roman governor’s residence.( Now it was very early morning.) They did not go into the governor’s residence so they would not be ceremonially defiled, but could eat the Passover meal.