Matthew 23:16

Modern English Version

“Woe to you, blind guides, who say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it is nothing. But if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is obligated.’

Cross References

Matthew 15:14

Leave them alone. They are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into the ditch.”

Matthew 23:24

You blind guides who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!

Matthew 23:17

You blind fools! Which is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctifies the gold?

James 5:12

But above all things, my brothers, do not swear, either by heaven or by the earth or by any other oath. But let your “Yes” be “Yes” and your “No” be “No,” that you do not fall into condemnation.

Matthew 23:26

You blind Pharisee, first cleanse the inside of the cup and dish, that the outside of them may also be clean.

Matthew 23:19

You blind fools! Which is greater, the gift or the altar that sanctifies the gift?

Galatians 5:3

I testify again to every man who is circumcised that he is obligated to keep the whole law.

Isaiah 9:16

For the leaders of this people cause them to err, and those who are led by them are destroyed.

Matthew 23:13

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven against men. For you neither enter yourselves, nor allow those who are entering to go in.