Matthew 23:18

Good News Translation (US Version)

You also teach, ‘If someone swears by the altar, he isn't bound by his vow; but if he swears by the gift on the altar, he is bound.’

Cross References

Matthew 23:16

“How terrible for you, blind guides! You teach, ‘If someone swears by the Temple, he isn't bound by his vow; but if he swears by the gold in the Temple, he is bound.’

Matthew 23:17

Blind fools! Which is more important, the gold or the Temple which makes the gold holy?

Matthew 23:19

How blind you are! Which is the more important, the gift or the altar which makes the gift holy?

Numbers 30:2

When a man makes a vow to give something to the Lord or takes an oath to abstain from something, he must not break his promise, but must do everything that he said he would.

2 Chronicles 6:22

“When people are accused of wronging others and are brought to your altar in this Temple to take an oath that they are innocent,

Mark 7:11

But you teach that if people have something they could use to help their father or mother, but say, ‘This is Corban’ (which means, it belongs to God),

Galatians 5:3

Once more I warn any man who allows himself to be circumcised that he is obliged to obey the whole Law.