Matthew 23:16

New King James Version

“Woe to you, blind guides, who say, ‘Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is obliged to perform it.’

Cross References

Isaiah 9:16

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

Matthew 15:14

Let them alone. They are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind leads the blind, both will fall into a ditch.”

Matthew 23:13

“But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men; for you neither go in yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.

Matthew 23:17

Fools and blind! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctifies the gold?

Matthew 23:19

Fools and blind! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that sanctifies the gift?

Matthew 23:24

Blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!

Matthew 23:26

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

Galatians 5:3

And I testify again to every man who becomes circumcised that he is a debtor to keep the whole law.

James 5:12

But above all, my brethren, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath. But let your “Yes” be “Yes,” and your “No,” “No,” lest you fall into judgment.