Matthew 23:21
If you swear by the Temple you swear by it and by the one who lives there.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.
In Context
20If you swear by the altar, you swear by it and by everything that's on it.
22If you swear by heaven you swear by the throne of God and the one who sits there.
Cross References
1 Kings 8:27But will God really live here on earth? The heavens, even highest heaven, cannot contain you, much less this Temple I have built!
2 Chronicles 7:2The priests couldn't enter the Temple of the Lord because the Lord's glory filled the Lord's Temple.
Psalms 132:13For the Lord has chosen Zion, wanting to make his home there, saying:
Colossians 2:9For the fullness of God's divine nature lives in Christ in bodily form,
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 →