Matthew 23:16-26 Woe unto you, blind guides, who are saying, Whosoever may swear by the temple it is nothing; but whosoever may swear by the gold of the temple, he is debtor.

Godbey⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁶ Woe unto you, blind guides, who are saying, Whosoever may swear by the temple it is nothing; but whosoever may swear by the gold of the temple, he is debtor. ¹⁷ Ye fools and blind: for which is the greater, the gold, or the temple sanctifying the gold? ¹⁸ And, Whosoever may swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever may swear by the gift upon it, is debtor. ¹⁹ Ye blind: for which is the greater, the gift, or the altar which sanctifies the gift? ²⁰ Therefore the one swearing by the altar, swears by it, and by all things which are on it. ²¹ And the one swearing by the temple, swears by it, and by Him who inhabited it. ²² And the one swearing by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by Him that sitteth upon it. ²³ Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because you tithe mint and anise and cummin, and pass by the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: it behooves to do these and not to neglect those. ²⁴ Ye blind guides, who strain out the gnat, and swallow down the camel. ²⁵ Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because you purify the exterior of the cup and the plate, and within they are full of extortion and impurity. ²⁶ Ye blind Pharisee, first purify the inside of the cup, in order that its outside may be clean.