17 You fools and blind: For which is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifies the gold?
Matthew 23:17 Cross References - TKJU
Exodus 30:26-29
26 And you shall anoint the tabernacle of the congregation with it, and the ark of the testimony,
27 and the table and all its vessels, and the candlestick and his vessels, and the altar of incense,
28 and the altar of burnt offerings with all its vessels, and the laver and its base.
29 And you shall sanctify them, that they may be most holy: Whatever touches them shall be holy.
Numbers 16:38-39
38 The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them make them broad plates for a covering of the altar: For they offered them before the LORD, therefore they are hallowed: And they shall be a sign to the children of Israel.
39 And Eleazar the priest took the brazen censers, with which those that were burnt had offered; and they were made broad plates for a covering of the altar:
Psalms 94:8
8 Understand, you brutish among the people: And you fools, when will you be wise?
Matthew 23:19
19 You fools and blind: For which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift?