Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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!
Ye blind
Whosoever shall swear by the temple
It is
He is
Bible References
Ye blind
Matthew 23:17
You foolish, blind people! Which is greater, the gold or the Temple that makes its gold sacred?
Matthew 15:14
[So], let these Pharisees alone; they are blind leaders. And if a blind person leads a blind person, both of them will fall into a ditch."
John 9:39
And Jesus said, "I came to this world to judge [it], so that people who can not see [spiritually] will [be able to] see; and those who [think they can] see [spiritually] will become blind."
Whosoever shall swear by the temple
Matthew 5:33
"Again, you have heard what was said to people in time's past [Lev. 19:12], 'You must not go back on your oaths, but [rather] fulfill the oaths you take to the Lord.'
James 5:12
But above everything else, my brothers, do not take oaths, not "by the heaven," nor "by the earth," nor by any other oath. But your "yes" should be [simply] "yes," and your "no," [simply] "no," so you do not fall under condemnation.
It is
Matthew 15:5
But you say, 'Whoever says to his father or mother, I have given to God the money I could have helped you with;'
Mark 7:10
For Moses said, [Ex. 20:12] 'Give honor to your father and mother,' and [Ex. 21:17 says], 'Whoever says bad things about his father or mother should surely be put to death.'
He is
Galatians 5:3
Yes, I declare to every person who attempts to require circumcision [as a means of gaining acceptance with God], that he must also obey everything else required by the law of Moses.