Matthew 23:18

Good News Translation

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

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,

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.

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?

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.