Matthew 23:16

New English Translation

“Woe to you, blind guides, who say, ‘Whoever swears by the temple is bound by nothing. But whoever swears by the gold of the temple is bound by the oath.’

Cross References

Isaiah 9:16

The leaders of this nation were misleading people, and the people being led were destroyed.

Matthew 15:14

Leave them! They are blind guides. If someone who is blind leads another who is blind, both will fall into a pit.”

Matthew 23:13

“But woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You keep locking people out of the kingdom of heaven! For you neither enter nor permit those trying to enter to go in.

Matthew 23:17

Blind fools! Which is greater, the gold or the temple that makes the gold sacred?

Matthew 23:19

You are blind! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that makes the gift sacred?

Matthew 23:24

Blind guides! You strain out a gnat yet swallow a camel!

Matthew 23:26

Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup, so that the outside may become clean too!

Galatians 5:3

And I testify again to every man who lets himself be circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law.

James 5:12

And above all, my brothers and sisters, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath. But let your “Yes” be yes and your “No” be no, so that you may not fall into judgment.