Matthew 23:16
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.
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- Matthew 15:14 Let them alone: they are blind guides. And if the blind guide the blind, both shall fall into a pit.
- Matthew 5:33–35 Again, ye have heard that it was said to them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths: but I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by the heaven, for it is the throne of God; nor by the earth, for it is the footstool of his feet; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.
- Matthew 23:17 Ye fools and blind: for which is greater, the gold, or the temple that hath sanctified the gold?