Matthew 23:20 - Easy To Read Version

²⁰ The person that uses the altar to make a promise is really using the altar and also everything on the altar.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ So whoever swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ He therefore that sweareth by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon.

Common English Bible

²⁰ Therefore, those who swear by the altar swear by it and by everything that’s on it.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ Therefore, whoever swears by the altar, swears by it, and by all that is on it.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁰ He therefore that sweareth by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things that are upon it:

Matthew 23:20 Tagairtí Cros

Matthew 23:19

You are blind. \{You understand nothing!\} Which is greater: the gift, or the altar? The altar makes the gift holy. \{So the altar is greater.\}

Matthew 23:21

And the person that uses the temple to make a promise is really using the temple and also the One that lives in the temple.

Hebrews 6:16

People always use the name of someone greater than themselves to make a vow (promise). The vow proves that what they say is true. And this ends all arguing about what they say.