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# And
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The understood information can be made clear. AT: "And you also say" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-ellipsis]])
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# it is nothing
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"he does not have to do what he has sworn to do" or "he does not have to keep his oath"
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# the gift
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This is an animal or grain that a person would bring to God by putting it on God's altar.
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# is bound to his oath
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"is tied to his oath." Being required to do what one has said he would do in an oath is spoken of as if he is tied to the oath. AT: "must do what he promised to do" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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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/translate/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. AT: "The altar that makes the gift holy is greater than the gift!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/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" |