Matthew 23:16
Woe to you, blind guides, that say, Whoever sweareth by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever sweareth by the gold of the temple, is bound.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
17Fools and blind I for which is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?
Cross References
Isaiah 56:10His watchmen are all blind; they know nothing; They are all dumb dogs, that cannot bark, Dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber;
Matthew 15:5But ye say, Whoever shall say to his father or his mother, Whatever thou mightst receive in aid from me is a gift [[to God]],
Matthew 23:17Fools and blind I for which 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 curseth father or mother, let him surely die.”
Galatians 5:3yea, I testify again to every one who becometh circumcised, that he is bound 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 →