Therefore when thou offerest thy gift at the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;

leave there thine offering before the altar, and go thy way first, and be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.

"What say ye to this? A certain man had two sons, and came to the elder and said, 'Son, go and work today in my vineyard.'

And, 'Whosoever sweareth by the altar it is nothing: but whosoever sweareth by the offering that lieth on the altar offendeth.'

Ye fools and blind: whether is greater; the offering, or the altar which sanctifieth the offering?

Whosoever therefore sweareth by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all that thereon is.

that upon you may come all the righteous blood that was shed upon the earth: from the blood of righteous Abel, unto the blood of Zachariah the son of Barachiah, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar: