Matthew 23:16
A curse is on you, blind guides, who say, Whoever takes an oath by the Temple, it is nothing; but whoever takes an oath by the gold of the Temple, he is responsible.
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17You foolish ones and blind: which is greater, the gold, or the Temple which makes the gold holy?
Cross References
Isaiah 56:10His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all dogs without tongues, unable to make a sound; stretched out dreaming, loving sleep.
Matthew 15:5But you say, If a man says to his father or his mother, That by which you might have had profit from me is given to God;
Matthew 23:17You foolish ones and blind: which is greater, the gold, or the Temple which makes the gold holy?
Matthew 23:24You blind guides, who take out a fly from your drink, but make no trouble over a camel.
Mark 7:10For Moses said, Give honour to your father and mother, and, He who says evil of father or mother, let him have the punishment of death:
Galatians 5:3Yes, I give witness again to every man who undergoes circumcision, that he will have to keep all the 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 →