Matthew 23:16

Woe unto you, blind guides, who are saying, Whosoever may swear by the temple it is nothing; but whosoever may swear by the gold of the temple, he is debtor.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

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

15Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because you compass the sea and the dry land to make one proselyte, and when it may be done, you make him twofold more the son of hell than yourselves.

17Ye fools and blind: for which is the greater, the gold, or the temple sanctifying the gold?

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Cross References

Matthew 15:5But you say, Whosoever may say to father or mother, It is a gift, whatsoever you may be profited by me; and he shall no longer honor his father or his mother.

Matthew 23:17Ye fools and blind: for which is the greater, the gold, or the temple sanctifying the gold?

Matthew 23:24Ye blind guides, who strain out the gnat, and swallow down the camel.

Mark 7:10For Moses said, Honor thy father and thy mother; and let the one speaking evil of father and mother die the death.

Galatians 5:3And again I witness to every man who is circumcised, that he is debtor to do 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 →

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