Matthew 23:16

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

“Woe to you, blind guides, who say, ‘If any one swears by the temple, it is nothing; but if any one swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’

Cross References

Isaiah 9:16

for those who lead this people lead them astray, and those who are led by them are swallowed up.

Matthew 15:14

Let them alone; they are blind guides. And if a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”

Matthew 23:13

“But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because you shut the kingdom of heaven against men; for you neither enter yourselves, nor allow those who would enter to go in.

Matthew 23:17

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

Matthew 23:19

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

Matthew 23:24

You blind guides, straining out a gnat and swallowing a camel!

Matthew 23:26

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

Galatians 5:3

I testify again to every man who receives circumcision that he is bound 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 be no, that you may not fall under condemnation.