Matthew 23:18

God's Word

Again you say, ‘To swear an oath by the altar doesn’t mean a thing. But to swear an oath by the gift on the altar means a person must keep his oath.’

Cross References

2 Chronicles 6:22

“If anyone sins against another person and is required to take an oath and comes to take the oath in front of your altar in this temple,

Numbers 30:2

If a man makes a vow to the Lord that he will do something or swears an oath that he won’t do something, he must not break his word. He must do everything he said he would do.

Matthew 23:16

“How horrible it will be for you, you blind guides! You say, ‘To swear an oath by the temple doesn’t mean a thing. But to swear an oath by the gold in the temple means a person must keep his oath.’

Matthew 23:17

You blind fools! What is more important, the gold or the temple that made the gold holy?

Matthew 23:19

You blind men! What is more important, the gift or the altar that makes the gift holy?

Mark 7:11

But you say, ‘If a person tells his father or mother that whatever he might have used to help them is corban (that is, an offering to God),

Galatians 5:3

Again, I insist that everyone who allows himself to be circumcised must realize that he obligates himself to do everything Moses’ Teachings demand.