You blind guides, straining out a gnat and swallowing a camel! The camel-and-gnat image is one of the most memorable in the Gospels: the meticulous straining of the water to remove a tiny impure insect (the gnat, an unclean creature) while swallowing the largest unclean animal in the land (the camel). The image captures the inverted priorities of the Pharisaic system: extreme attention to the small and complete neglect of the large.

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