Matthew 23:21 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²¹ and whoever swears by the sanctuary swears by it and by the one who dwells in it,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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.]

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

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

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ 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

²¹ And whosoever shall swear by temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth in it:

Matthew 23:21 Cross References

1 Kings 8:13

I have built you an exalted house, a place for you to dwell forever.”

1 Kings 8:27

“But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Even heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain you, much less this house that I have built!

2 Chronicles 6:2

I have built you an exalted house, a place for you to dwell forever.”

2 Chronicles 7:2

The priests could not enter the house of the Lord because the glory of the Lord filled the Lord’s house.

Psalm 26:8

O Lord, I love the house in which you dwell and the place where your glory abides.

Matthew 23:20

So whoever swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it,

Ephesians 2:22

in whom you also are built together spiritually into a dwelling place for God.

Colossians 2:9

For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily,