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!

Whosoever shall swear by the temple

Bible References

Ye blind

Matthew 23:17
You are senseless and blind! for which is the greater, the gold or the sanctuary that makes the gold sacred?
Matthew 15:14
Let them alone; they are blind guides of the blind, and if one blind man leads another, both of them will fall into a pit."
John 9:39
Then said Jesus, "It is for judgment that I have come into this world, to make the sightless see, to make the seeing blind."

Whosoever shall swear by the temple

Matthew 5:33
Once again, you have heard how the men of old were told, 'You must not forswear yourself but discharge your vows to the Lord'.
James 5:12
Above all, my brothers, never swear an oath, either by heaven or by earth or by anything else; let your "yes" be a plain "yes," your "no" a plain "no," lest you incur judgment.

It is

Matthew 15:5
But you say, whoever tells his father or mother, 'This money might have been at your service but it is dedicated to God,'
Mark 7:10
Thus, Moses said, Honour your father and mother, and, He who curses his father or mother is to suffer death.

He is

Galatians 5:3
I insist on this again to everyone who gets circumcised, that he is obliged to carry out the whole of the Law.