Matthew 23:21 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

And the person who takes an oath ‘by the Temple,’ [not only] swears by it, but [also] by Him [i.e., God] who lives there.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And he who swears by the sanctuary of the temple swears by it and by Him Who dwells in it. [I Kings 8:13; Ps. 26:8.]

American Standard Version (1901)

And he that sweareth by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.

Common English Bible

Those who swear by the temple swear by it and by everything that’s part of it.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And whoever will have sworn by the temple, swears by it, and by him who dwells in it.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And whosoever shall swear by temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth in it:

Matthew 23:21 Cross References

Matthew 23:20

The person, therefore, who takes an oath ‘by the Altar,’ [not only] swears by it, but [also] by everything on it.

Ephesians 2:22

In [harmony with] Him you people are also being constructed together into a place where God lives by His Spirit.

Colossians 2:9

For all of the fullness of Deity lives in His body,