Matthew 23:16
Woe to you blind guides, that say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but he that shall swear by the gold of the temple, is a debtor.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
17Ye foolish and blind; for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?
Cross References
Isaiah 56:10His watchmen are all blind, they are all ignorant: dumb dogs not able to bark, seeing vain things, sleeping and loving dreams.
Matthew 15:5But you say: Whosoever shall say to father or mother, The gift whatsoever proceedeth from me, shall profit thee.
Matthew 23:17Ye foolish and blind; for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?
Matthew 23:24Blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel.
Mark 7:10For Moses said: Honor thy father and thy mother; and He that shall curse father or mother, dying let him die.
Galatians 5:3And I testify again to every man circumcising himself, that he is a debtor to 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 →