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# blind people
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The Jewish leaders were spiritually blind. Although they thought of themselves as teachers, they were unable to understand God's truth. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# Which is greater, the gift or the altar that makes the gift holy?
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Jesus uses this question to rebuke the Pharisees for treating the gift as if it were more important than the altar. Alternate translation: "The altar that makes the gift holy is greater than the gift!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])
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# the altar that makes the gift holy
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"the altar that makes the gift special to God"
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