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Strain

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

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Matthew 23:24. Rather (from a misprint) "strain out a gnat," as in Tyndale's, Cranmer's, the Bishops', and the Genevan Bible. An image from minute care in straining wines to clear them; ye are punctilious about trifles, but reckless about enormities.

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Fausset, Andrew R. Entry for 'Strain'. Fausset's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​fbd/​s/strain.html. 1949.
 
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