Matthew 23:16

Oy to you, morei derech ivrim (blind guides), the, ones saying, Whoever swears by the Beis Hamikdash, it is a worthless shevuah (oath): but whoever swears by the gold of the Beis Hamikdash, he is obligated.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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

15Oy to you, Sofrim and Perushim, tzevuim. You travel over the sea and the dry land for the giyyur (proselytization) of one proselyte; then, when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of Gehinnom as you.

17Ivrim! (blind ones), for which is greater, the gold or the Beis Hamikdash which gives the gold its kedushah (holiness, sanctity)?

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Cross References

Isaiah 56:10His tzof (watchmen, sentinels, nevi'im) are ivrim (blind); 1 they all lack da'as, 1 they are all kelavim illemim (mute watchdogs) that cannot bark; 1 lying around dreaming, they love to slumber. + 56:10 See Jer 6:17; Ezek 3:17 by contrast 1

Matthew 15:5But you say, Whoever says to his abba or his em, whatever support you might have had from me, [it is] a gift. + 15:5 i.e., korban, dedicated to G-d

Matthew 23:17Ivrim! (blind ones), for which is greater, the gold or the Beis Hamikdash which gives the gold its kedushah (holiness, sanctity)?

Matthew 23:24Morei derech ivrim (blind guides), the ones that strain out a gnat and swallow a camel.

Mark 7:10For Moshe + 7:10 Rabbeinu said, KABED ES AVICHA VES IMMECHA (Honor your father and your mother), and, The one reviling AVIV VIMMO MOT YUMAT (father or mother let him be put to death). + 7:10 Ex 20:12 , Dt 5:16; Ex 21:17 , Lv 20:9

Galatians 5:3And I testify again to every one of you undergoing bris milah that such is chal (placed under obligation) to do the taryag mitzvot.

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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