Matthew 23:16

English Majority Text Version

Woe to you, blind guides, who say, 'Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, is obligated.'

Cross References

Matthew 15:14

Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind. And if the blind guides the blind, both will fall into a ditch."

Matthew 23:13

But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.

Matthew 23:17

"Fools and blind! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctifies the gold?

Matthew 23:19

"Fools and blind! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that sanctifies the gift?

Matthew 23:24

Blind guides, you who strain out a gnat, but swallow a camel!

Matthew 23:26

Blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and dish, so that the outside of them may be clean also.

Galatians 5:3

And I testify again to every man who becomes circumcised that he is a debtor to keep the whole law.

James 5:12

But above all, my brothers, do not swear, neither by heaven nor the earth, nor any other oath. But let your "Yes," be "Yes," and your "No," "No," so that you may not fall into hypocrisy.