Matthew 23:16 - Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ Woe to you, blind guides, who say: 'Whoever will have sworn by the temple, it is nothing. But whoever will have sworn by the gold of the temple is obligated.'

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ Woe to you, blind guides, who say, If anyone swears by the sanctuary of the temple, it is nothing; but if anyone swears by the gold of the sanctuary, he is a debtor [bound by his oath].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ Woe unto you, ye blind guides, that say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ “How terrible it will be for you blind guides who say, ‘If people swear by the temple, it’s nothing. But if people swear by the gold in the temple, they are obligated to do what they swore.’

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ Woe to you blind guides, that say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but he that shall swear by the gold of the temple, is a debtor.

English Standard Version 2016

¹⁶ “Woe to you, blind guides, who say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it is nothing, but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’

Matthew 23:16 Marejeleo ya Msalaba

Isaiah 9:16

And those who deceitfully praise this people, and those who are praised, will be thrown down violently.

Matthew 15:14

Leave them alone. They are blind, and they lead the blind. But if the blind are in charge of the blind, both will fall into the pit."

Matthew 23:13

So then: Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! For you close the kingdom of heaven before men. For you yourselves do not enter, and those who are entering, you would not permit to enter.

Matthew 23:17

You are foolish and blind! For which is greater: the gold, or the temple that sanctifies the gold?

Matthew 23:19

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

Matthew 23:24

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

Matthew 23:26

You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and the dish, and then what is outside becomes clean.

Galatians 5:3

For I again testify, about every man circumcising himself, that he is obligated to act according to the entire law.

James 5:12

But before all things, my brothers, do not choose to swear, neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor in any other oath. But let your word 'Yes' be yes, and your word 'No' be no, so that you may not fall under judgment.