Matthew 23:20

Catholic Public Domain Version

Therefore, whoever swears by the altar, swears by it, and by all that is on it.

Cross References

Matthew 23:19

How blind you are! For which is greater: the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift?

Matthew 23:21

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

Hebrews 6:16

For men swear by what is greater than themselves, and an oath as confirmation is the end of all their controversy.