Matthew 23:18

Free Bible Version

You say, ‘If you swear on the altar that doesn't count, but if you swear on the sacrifice that's on the altar, then you have to keep your oath.’

Cross References

2 Chronicles 6:22

When someone sins against another and is required to take an oath declaring the truth before your altar in this Temple,

Numbers 30:2

If a man makes a solemn promise to the Lord, or pledges to do something by swearing an oath, he must not break his promise. He must do everything he said he would.

Matthew 23:16

What a disaster is coming on those of you who say, ‘If you swear by the Temple that doesn't count, but if you swear by the gold of the Temple, then you have to keep your oath.’ What blind guides you are!

Matthew 23:17

What is greater—the gold, or the Temple that makes the gold holy?

Matthew 23:19

How foolish and blind you are! What is greater—the sacrifice, or the altar that makes the sacrifice holy?

Mark 7:11

But you say that if someone tells their father or mother, ‘Anything you might have received from me is now Corban,’ (that means dedicated to God),

Galatians 5:3

Let me repeat: every man who is circumcised has to keep the whole of the law.