Matthew 23:18

English Majority Text Version

And, 'Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, is obligated.'

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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.'

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

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

But you say, 'If a man says to his father or to his mother, "Whatever you might be profited by me is Corban"--' (that is, a gift),

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