Matthew 23:16
Alas for you, blind guides! that say—Whosoever shall swear by the Temple, it is, nothing, but, whosoever shall swear by the gold of the Temple, is bound:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
17Foolish and blind! for which is, greater, The gold, or the Temple that hath hallowed the gold?
Cross References
Isaiah 56:10His watchmen, are blind None of them, know, All of them, are dumb dogs, they cannot bark,—Dreaming, sleeping, loving to slumber.
Matthew 15:5But, ye, say—Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother—A gift! Whatsoever, out of me, thou mightest be profited,
Matthew 23:17Foolish and blind! for which is, greater, The gold, or the Temple that hath hallowed the gold?
Matthew 23:24Blind guides! Straining out the gnat, but, the camel, swallowing.
Mark 7:10For, Moses, said—Honour thy father and thy mother, and—He that revileth father or mother, let him, surely die,—
Galatians 5:3Yea, I bear solemn witness again, unto every man getting circumcised,—that he is, a 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 →