Matthew 23:16
Wo be vnto you blinde guides, which say, Whosoeuer sweareth by the Temple, it is nothing: but whosoeuer sweareth by the golde of the Temple, he offendeth.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
17Ye fooles and blinde, whether is greater, the golde, or the Temple that sanctifieth the golde?
Cross References
Isaiah 56:10Their watchmen are all blinde: they haue no knowledge: they are all dumme dogs: they can not barke: they lie and sleepe and delite in sleeping.
Matthew 15:5But ye say, Whosoeuer shall say to father or mother, By the gift that is offered by me, thou maiest haue profite,
Matthew 23:17Ye fooles and blinde, whether is greater, the golde, or the Temple that sanctifieth the golde?
Matthew 23:24Ye blinde guides, which straine out a gnat, and swallowe a camell.
Mark 7:10For Moses sayd, Honour thy father and thy mother: and Whosoeuer shall speake euill of father or mother, let him die the death.
Galatians 5:3For I testifie againe to euery man, which is circumcised, that he is bound to keepe the whole Lawe.
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 →