Matthew 23:16

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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

Matthew 5:33

James 5:12

It is

Matthew 15:5

Mark 7:10

He is

Galatians 5:3

Bible References

Ye blind

Ye fools and blind: whether is greater; the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?

Let them alone, they be the blind leaders of the blind. If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch."

For his watchmen are all blind, they have altogether no understanding. They are all dumb dogs, no being able to bark; they are sleepery, sluggish, and lie snorting.

Jesus said, "I am come unto judgment, into this world: that they which see not, might see, and they which see might be made blind."

Whosoever shall swear by the temple

"Again, ye have heard how it was said to them of old time, 'Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform thine oath to God':

But above all things, my brethren, swear not: neither by heaven, neither by earth, neither by any other oath. Let your yea be "yea," and your nay, "nay," lest ye fall into hypocrisy.

It is

But ye say, 'Every man shall say to his father or mother: That which thou desirest of me to help thee with, is given God.'

For Moses said, 'Honour thy father and thy mother,' and, 'Whosoever curseth father or mother, let him die for it.'

He is

I testify again to every man which is circumcised that he is bound to keep the whole law.