Matthew 23:16

“Woe to you blind guides, who say, ‘Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple is obligated.’

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In The King James Version

Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!

In Context

15Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!!! Because you travel all over, land and sea, to make one convert, and when he joins up you make him twice as much a son of Hell as yourselves.

17Stupid and blind! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctifies the gold?

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Cross References

Matthew 15:5But you say: ‘Whoever says to his father or mother, “Whatever you might be profited by me is a gift to God”—

Matthew 23:17Stupid and blind! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctifies the gold?

Matthew 23:24Blind guides, who strain out a gnat but gulp down a camel!

Mark 7:10For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’ and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother must be put to death.’

Galatians 5:3Further, I testify again to every man who gets circumcised that he is obligated to keep 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 →

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