This passage illustrates the central problem of the scribes and Pharisees, both in their practice of Judaism and how they imposed it on the people.

Matthew 23:24 Commentaries: "You blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel! Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel. (24) ...

David Guzik commentary on Matthew 23 describes how Jesus rebukes the religious leaders and weeps and laments over Jerusalem.

God grants to us the stewardship to own and possess things, and determine their use. God gives us the opportunity to squander our possessions, or to enjoy them, ...

What does Matthew 23:24 mean? Read commentary on this popular Bible verse and understand the real meaning behind God's Word using John Gill's Exposition of ...

God does not want us to be related to Him in only a ritualistic, perfunctory way – simply fulfilling our duties. Rather, He desires for us to relate to Him ...

17 мая 2008 г. · “Strain at a gnat” is the wrong reading. It should have been translated “strain out” to mean that the blind guides strain gnats out of their wine.

4 дек. 2009 г. · Tithing is simply a measure of our obedience (and indirectly our attitude as well) that God's sufficiency is greater than all we could desire.

The Lord Jesus presenting Himself in grace, instead of sealing up the curse which had been pronounced on it, makes it contrariwise the witness of His mercy. Bridgeway Bible Commentary · Smith's Bible Commentary

Christ directs his discourse here to the multitude, and to his disciples (v. 1) to rectify their mistakes concerning these scribes and Pharisees.