Matthew 23:22

And the one who swears by heaven swears by the throne of God and by him who sits on it.

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And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.

In Context

21The one who swears by the temple swears by it and by the one who lives in it.

23Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cumin, but you have left undone the weightier matters of the law—justice and mercy and faith. But these you ought to have done and not to have left the other undone.

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Cross References

Isaiah 66:1This is what Yahweh says, 1 “Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. Where then is the house you will build for me? Where is the place where I may rest? 1

Acts 7:49'Heaven is my throne, and the earth is the footstool for my feet. 1 What kind of house can you build for me? says the Lord, 1 or what is the place for my rest? 1

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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