Matthew 23:16
Woe to you, blind guides, who say, Whoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!
Revised King James New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
17You blind fools: which is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifies the gold?
Cross References
Matthew 15:5But you say, Whoever shall say to his father or his mother, Whatever of mine might benefit you is a gift to God;
Matthew 23:17You blind fools: which is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifies the gold?
Matthew 23:24You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel.
Mark 7:10For Moses said, Honour your father and your mother; and, Whoever curses father or mother, let him be put to death:
Galatians 5:3For I testify again to every man who receives circumcision, that he is obliged 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 →