Matthew 23:16
Woe to you, ye blind guides, who say, Whoever may swear by the temple, it is nothing, but whoever may swear by the gold of the temple, he is obligated.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
17Ye foolish and blind men, for which is greater, the gold, or the temple that makes the gold sacred?
Cross References
Isaiah 56:10His watchmen are blind. They are all without knowledge. They are all mute dogs. They cannot bark, dreaming, laying down, loving to slumber.
Matthew 15:5But ye say, Whoever may say to the father or the mother, Whatever thou might have benefited from me is an offering.
Matthew 23:17Ye foolish and blind men, for which is greater, the gold, or the temple that makes the gold sacred?
Matthew 23:24Ye blind guides, who strain out the gnat, and swallow the camel.
Mark 7:10For Moses said, Honor thy father and thy mother, and, He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him perish in death.
Galatians 5:3And I solemnly declare again to every man who is circumcised, that he is obligated to do the whole law.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 23:14-34
The Crimes of the Pharisees. 13 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in. 14 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation. 15 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make… Read the whole commentary →