Matthew 23:18

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

And [you say], whoever takes an oath ‘by the Altar,’ it does not [really] mean anything, but whoever takes an oath ‘by the gift on the Altar,’ he is obligated to [fulfill] the oath.

Cross References

Matthew 23:16

“It is too bad for you blind leaders who say that whoever takes an oath ‘by the Temple,’ it does not [really] mean anything, but whoever takes an oath ‘by the gold of the Temple,’ he is obligated to [fulfill] the oath.

Matthew 23:17

You foolish, blind people! Which is greater, the gold or the Temple that makes its gold sacred?

Matthew 23:19

You blind people! Which is more important, the gift or the Altar that makes the gift sacred?

Mark 7:11

But when you people say, ‘If someone says to his father or mother, [the money] I could have helped you with is Corban; in other words, [it is] given to God,’

Galatians 5:3

Yes, I declare to every person who attempts to require circumcision [as a means of gaining acceptance with God], that he must also obey everything else required by the Law of Moses.