Matthew 23:16

Wo unto you, ye blind guides, who say, If any one swear by the temple, it is nothing;

1770 John Worsley 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

15Wo unto you scribes and pharisees, hypocrites: for ye compass sea and land to make a proselyte, and when he is gained, ye make him more the child of hell than yourselves.

17but if any man swear by the gold of the temple, the oath is binding. Foolish and blind creatures! for which is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?

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Cross References

Matthew 15:5but ye say, If any man say to his father or mother, "that which thou mightest be profited by from me is a gift to the temple,"

Matthew 23:17but if any man swear by the gold of the temple, the oath is binding. Foolish and blind creatures! for which is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?

Matthew 23:24Blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!

Mark 7:10for Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, He that revileth father or mother, let him be put to death:

Galatians 5:3And I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to 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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