Matthew 23:18

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

And you say, ‘Whoever swears by the altar is bound by nothing, but whoever swears by the gift that is on the altar is bound by the oath.’

Cross References

2 Chronicles 6:22

“If someone sins against a neighbor and is required to take an oath and comes and swears before your altar in this house,

Numbers 30:2

When a man makes a vow to the Lord or swears an oath to bind himself by a pledge, he shall not break his word; he shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.

Matthew 23:16

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

Matthew 23:17

You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or the sanctuary that has made the gold sacred?

Matthew 23:19

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

Mark 7:11

But you say that if anyone tells father or mother, ‘Whatever support you might have had from me is Corban’ (that is, an offering to God),

Galatians 5:3

Once again I testify to every man who lets himself be circumcised that he is obliged to obey the entire law.