Matthew 23:20

Easy To Read Version

The person that uses the altar to make a promise is really using the altar and also everything on the altar.

Cross References

Matthew 23:19

You are blind. \{You understand nothing!\} Which is greater: the gift, or the altar? The altar makes the gift holy. \{So the altar is greater.\}

Matthew 23:21

And the person that uses the temple to make a promise is really using the temple and also the One that lives in the temple.

Hebrews 6:16

People always use the name of someone greater than themselves to make a vow (promise). The vow proves that what they say is true. And this ends all arguing about what they say.