Matthew 23:16
Woe to you, you blind guides, you who say, 'Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing. But whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound to his oath.'
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17You blind fools! Which is greater, the gold or the temple that makes the gold holy?
Cross References
Isaiah 56:10All their watchmen are blind, they do not understand. 1 They are all silent dogs who cannot bark. 1 They dream, and lying down they love to sleep. 1
Matthew 15:5But you say, 'Whoever says to his father or mother “Whatever help you would have received from me is now a gift given to God,”'
Matthew 23:17You blind fools! Which is greater, the gold or the temple that makes the gold holy?
Matthew 23:24You blind guides, you who strain out a gnat but swallow a camel!
Mark 7:10For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'He who speaks evil of his father or mother will surely die.'
Galatians 5:3I testify again to every man who lets himself be circumcised that he is obligated to obey 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 →