Matthew 23:16
Wo unto you ye blind guides! who say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, it is binding.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
17Ye fools and blind! for which is the greater, the gold, or the temple which consecrates the gold?
Cross References
Matthew 15:5But ye say, If any man declare to his father or mother, This is a devoted gift, which else might have been employed by me for thy advantage;
Matthew 23:17Ye fools and blind! for which is the greater, the gold, or the temple which consecrates the gold?
Matthew 23:24Ye blind guides! who strain out a gnat, but gulp down a camel.
Mark 7:10For Moses said, “Honour thy father and thy mother:” and “he that curseth father or mother, let him assuredly be put to death.”
Galatians 5:3And again, I testify to every man who is circumcised, that he is under an obligation to keep 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 →