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

²¹ 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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²¹ And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.

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²¹ 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.]

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²¹ And he that sweareth by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.

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²¹ Those who swear by the temple swear by it and by everything that’s part of it.

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²¹ And whoever will have sworn by the temple, swears by it, and by him who dwells in it.

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

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

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