Matthew 23:16

New Living Translation

“Blind guides! What sorrow awaits you! For you say that it means nothing to swear ‘by God’s Temple,’ but that it is binding to swear ‘by the gold in the Temple.’

Cross References

Isaiah 9:16

For the leaders of the people have misled them. They have led them down the path of destruction.

Matthew 15:14

so ignore them. They are blind guides leading the blind, and if one blind person guides another, they will both fall into a ditch.”

Matthew 23:13

“What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you shut the door of the Kingdom of Heaven in people’s faces. You won’t go in yourselves, and you don’t let others enter either.

Matthew 23:17

Blind fools! Which is more important—the gold or the Temple that makes the gold sacred?

Matthew 23:19

How blind! For which is more important—the gift on the altar or the altar that makes the gift sacred?

Matthew 23:24

Blind guides! You strain your water so you won’t accidentally swallow a gnat, but you swallow a camel!

Matthew 23:26

You blind Pharisee! First wash the inside of the cup and the dish, and then the outside will become clean, too.

Galatians 5:3

I’ll say it again. If you are trying to find favor with God by being circumcised, you must obey every regulation in the whole law of Moses.

James 5:12

But most of all, my brothers and sisters, never take an oath, by heaven or earth or anything else. Just say a simple yes or no, so that you will not sin and be condemned.