Matthew 23:21

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

And anyone who uses the Temple to make a promise is really using the Temple and God, who lives in it.

Cross References

Psalm 26:8

Lord, I love the house where you live, the place where your glory is.

1 Kings 8:13

Now, Lord, I have built a beautiful Temple for you, where you may live forever.”

2 Chronicles 6:2

But, Lord, I have built a beautiful house for you to live in forever.”

Colossians 2:9

I say this because all of God lives in Christ fully, even in his life on earth.

Ephesians 2:22

And in Christ you are being built together with his other people. You are being made into a place where God lives through the Spirit.

2 Chronicles 7:2

The priests could not enter the Lord’s Temple because the Glory of the Lord filled it.

1 Kings 8:27

“But, God, will you really live here with us on the earth? The whole sky and the highest heaven cannot contain you. Certainly this Temple that I built cannot contain you either.

Matthew 23:20

Whoever uses the altar to make a promise is really using the altar and everything on the altar.