Matthew 23:16

Bible in Basic English (1941)

A curse is on you, blind guides, who say, Whoever takes an oath by the Temple, it is nothing; but whoever takes an oath by the gold of the Temple, he is responsible.

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  • Matt 15:14 : 14 Let them be: they are blind guides. And if a blind man is guiding a blind man, the two will go falling into a hole together.
  • Matt 5:33-35 : 33 Again, you have knowledge that it was said in old times, Do not take false oaths, but give effect to your oaths to the Lord: 34 But I say to you, Take no oaths at all: not by the heaven, because it is the seat of God; 35 Or by the earth, because it is the resting-place for his foot; or by Jerusalem, because it is the town of the great King.
  • Matt 23:24 : 24 You blind guides, who take out a fly from your drink, but make no trouble over a camel.
  • Matt 23:26 : 26 You blind Pharisee, first make clean the inside of the cup and of the plate, so that the outside may become equally clean.
  • John 9:39-41 : 39 And Jesus said, I came into this world to be a judge, so that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind. 40 These words came to the ears of the Pharisees who were with him and they said to him, Are we, then, blind? 41 Jesus said to them, If you were blind you would have no sin: but now that you say, We see; your sin is there still.
  • Matt 23:17 : 17 You foolish ones and blind: which is greater, the gold, or the Temple which makes the gold holy?
  • Matt 23:19 : 19 You blind ones: which is greater, the offering, or the altar which makes the offering holy?
  • Jas 5:12 : 12 But most of all, my brothers, do not take oaths, not by the heaven, or by the earth, or by any other thing: but let your Yes be Yes, and your No be No: so that you may not be judged.
  • Isa 56:10-11 : 10 His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all dogs without tongues, unable to make a sound; stretched out dreaming, loving sleep. 11 Yes, the dogs are for ever looking for food; while these, the keepers of the sheep, are without wisdom: they have all gone after their pleasure, every one looking for profit; they are all the same.
  • Matt 15:5-6 : 5 But you say, If a man says to his father or his mother, That by which you might have had profit from me is given to God; 6 There is no need for him to give honour to his father. And you have made the word of God without effect because of your teaching.
  • Gal 5:3 : 3 Yes, I give witness again to every man who undergoes circumcision, that he will have to keep all the law.
  • Mark 7:10-13 : 10 For Moses said, Give honour to your father and mother, and, He who says evil of father or mother, let him have the punishment of death: 11 But you say, If a man says to his father or his mother, That by which you might have had profit from me is Corban, that is to say, Given to God, 12 You no longer let him do anything for his father or his mother; 13 Making the word of God of no effect by your rule, which you have given: and a number of other such things you do.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Matt 23:17-29
    13 verses
    86%

    17 You foolish ones and blind: which is greater, the gold, or the Temple which makes the gold holy?

    18 And, Whoever takes an oath by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever takes an oath by the offering which is on it, he is responsible.

    19 You blind ones: which is greater, the offering, or the altar which makes the offering holy?

    20 He, then, who takes an oath by the altar, takes it by the altar and by all things on it.

    21 And he who takes an oath by the Temple, takes it by the Temple and by him whose house it is.

    22 And he who takes an oath by heaven, takes it by the seat of God, and by him who is seated on it.

    23 A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you make men give a tenth of all sorts of sweet-smelling plants, but you give no thought to the more important things of the law, righteousness, and mercy, and faith; but it is right for you to do these, and not to let the others be undone.

    24 You blind guides, who take out a fly from your drink, but make no trouble over a camel.

    25 A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you make clean the outside of the cup and of the plate, but inside they are full of violent behaviour and uncontrolled desire.

    26 You blind Pharisee, first make clean the inside of the cup and of the plate, so that the outside may become equally clean.

    27 A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you are like the resting-places of the dead, which are made white, and seem beautiful on the outside, but inside are full of dead men's bones and of all unclean things.

    28 Even so you seem to men to be full of righteousness, but inside you are all false and full of wrongdoing.

    29 A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! because you put up buildings for housing the dead bodies of the prophets, and make fair the last resting-places of good men, and say,

  • Matt 23:13-15
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    74%

    13 But a curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! because you are shutting the kingdom of heaven against men: for you do not go in yourselves, and those who are going in, you keep back.

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    15 A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you go about land and sea to get one disciple and, having him, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves.

  • Luke 11:42-44
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    71%

    42 But a curse is on you, Pharisees! for you make men give a tenth of every sort of plant, and give no thought to right and the love of God; but it is right for you to do these things, and not let the others be undone.

    43 A curse is on you, Pharisees! for your desires are for the most important seats in the Synagogues and for words of respect said to you in the market-place.

    44 A curse is on you! for you are like the resting-places of dead men, which are not seen, and men go walking over them without knowledge of it.

  • Matt 5:33-34
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    70%

    33 Again, you have knowledge that it was said in old times, Do not take false oaths, but give effect to your oaths to the Lord:

    34 But I say to you, Take no oaths at all: not by the heaven, because it is the seat of God;

  • Matt 23:3-4
    2 verses
    69%

    3 All things, then, which they give you orders to do, these do and keep: but do not take their works as your example, for they say and do not.

    4 They make hard laws and put great weights on men's backs; but they themselves will not put a finger to them.

  • Matt 15:14
    69%

    14 Let them be: they are blind guides. And if a blind man is guiding a blind man, the two will go falling into a hole together.

  • Matt 15:5-7
    3 verses
    69%

    5 But you say, If a man says to his father or his mother, That by which you might have had profit from me is given to God;

    6 There is no need for him to give honour to his father. And you have made the word of God without effect because of your teaching.

    7 You false ones, well did Isaiah say of you,

  • Luke 11:46-47
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    68%

    46 And he said, A curse is on you, teachers of the law! for while other men are crushed under the weight of the rules you make for them, you yourselves do not put so much as one finger to them.

    47 A curse is on you! for you make resting-places for the bodies of the prophets, but your fathers put them to death.

  • Jas 5:12
    68%

    12 But most of all, my brothers, do not take oaths, not by the heaven, or by the earth, or by any other thing: but let your Yes be Yes, and your No be No: so that you may not be judged.

  • Luke 16:14-15
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    68%

    14 And the Pharisees, who had a great love of money, hearing these things, were making sport of him.

    15 And he said, You take care to seem right in the eyes of men, but God sees your hearts: and those things which are important in the opinion of men, are evil in the eyes of God.

  • Jer 7:4
    68%

    4 Put no faith in false words, saying, The Temple of the Lord, the Temple of the Lord, the Temple of the Lord, are these.

  • Matt 5:26
    68%

    26 Truly I say to you, You will not come out from there till you have made payment of the very last farthing.

  • Deut 27:18
    68%

    18 Cursed is he by whom the blind are turned out of the way. And let all the people say, So be it.

  • Mark 12:40
    68%

    40 Who take away the property of widows, and before the eyes of men make long prayers; these will be judged more hardly.

  • Lev 5:4
    68%

    4 Or if anyone, without thought, takes an oath to do evil or to do good, whatever he says without thought, with an oath, having no knowledge of what he is doing; when it becomes clear to him, he will be responsible for any of these things.

  • Luke 21:5
    67%

    5 And some were talking about the Temple, how it was made fair with beautiful stones and with offerings, but he said,

  • Matt 12:6
    67%

    6 But I say to you that a greater thing than the Temple is here.

  • Matt 5:36
    67%

    36 You may not take an oath by your head, because you are not able to make one hair white or black.

  • Luke 11:52
    67%

    52 A curse is on you, teachers of the law! for you have taken away the key of knowledge: you did not go in yourselves, and you got in the way of those who were going in.

  • Mark 11:17
    67%

    17 And he gave them teaching, and said to them, Is it not in the Writings, My house is to be named a house of prayer for all the nations? but you have made it a hole of thieves.

  • 1 Cor 3:17
    67%

    17 If anyone makes the house of God unclean, God will put an end to him; for the house of God is holy, and you are his house.

  • Matt 21:13
    67%

    13 And he said to them, It is in the Writings, My house is to be named a house of prayer, but you are making it a hole of thieves.

  • Luke 20:46-47
    2 verses
    67%

    46 Keep away from the scribes, whose pleasure it is to go about in long robes, and to have words of respect said to them in the market-places, and to take the chief seats in the Synagogues and the first places at feasts;

    47 Who take the property of widows and before the eyes of men make long prayers; they will get a greater punishment.

  • Luke 19:46
    67%

    46 Saying to them, It has been said, My house is to be a house of prayer, but you have made it a hole of thieves.

  • Luke 6:39
    66%

    39 And he gave them teaching in the form of a story, saying, Is it possible for one blind man to be guide to another? will they not go falling together into a hole?

  • Isa 30:22
    66%

    22 And you will make unclean what is covering your pictured images of silver, and the plating of your images of gold: you will send them away as an unclean thing, saying, Be gone!

  • Mark 7:11
    66%

    11 But you say, If a man says to his father or his mother, That by which you might have had profit from me is Corban, that is to say, Given to God,