Matthew 23:16

"Alas for you, you blind guides, who say, "`Whoever swears by the Sanctuary it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the Sanctuary, is bound by the oath.'

Weymouth NT (1912)

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

15"Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you scour sea and land in order to win one convert--and when he is gained, you make him twice as much a son of Gehenna as yourselves.

17"Blind fools! Why, which is greater? --the gold, or the Sanctuary which has made the gold holy?

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Cross References

Matthew 15:5but you--this is what you say: `If a man says to his father or mother, That is consecrated, whatever it is, which otherwise you should have received from me--

Matthew 23:17"Blind fools! Why, which is greater? --the gold, or the Sanctuary which has made the gold holy?

Matthew 23:24You blind guides, straining out the gnat while you gulp down the camel!

Mark 7:10For Moses said, `Honour thy father and thy mother' and again, `He who curses father or mother, let him die the death.'

Galatians 5:3I once more protest to every man who receives circumcision that he is under obligation to obey the whole Law of Moses.

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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