Matthew 23:16
Wo be vnto you ye blynde guides: for ye say, whosoeuer doth sweare by the temple, it is nothyng: but whosoeuer sweareth by the golde of the temple, he is a detter.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
In Context
17Ye fooles and blynde. For whether is greater, the golde, or the temple that sanctifieth the golde?
Cross References
Isaiah 56:10For his watchmen are all blynde, they haue altogether no vnderstanding, they are all dumbe dogges not beyng able to barke, they are sleepy, sluggishe are they and lye snortyng.
Matthew 15:5But ye say, whosoeuer shall say to father or mother: by the gyft that [is offered] of me, thou shalt be helped:
Matthew 23:17Ye fooles and blynde. For whether is greater, the golde, or the temple that sanctifieth the golde?
Matthew 23:24Ye blynde guides, which strayne out a gnat, and swalowe a Camel.
Mark 7:10For Moyses sayde, Honor thy father and thy mother: and, who so curseth father or mother, let him dye the death.
Galatians 5:3For I testifie agayne to euery man which is circumcised, that he is a detter to do the whole lawe.
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 →