Matthew 23:16

Matthew chapter 23 · verse 16 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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!

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

Context

v.15Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he is become so, ye make him twofold more a son of hell than yourselves.

v.16This passage

v.17Ye fools and blind: for which is greater, the gold, or the temple that hath sanctified the gold?

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • John 9:39

    And Jesus said, For judgment came I into this world, that they that see not may see; and that they that see may become blind.

  • Matthew 15:14

    Let them alone: they are blind guides. And if the blind guide the blind, both shall fall into a pit.

  • James 5:12

    But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by the heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath: but let your yea be yea, and your nay, nay; that ye fall not under judgment.

  • Matthew 23:26

    Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup and of the platter, that the outside thereof may become clean also.

  • Mark 7:10

    For Moses said, Honor thy father and thy mother; and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death:

  • Isaiah 56:10

    His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.