Matthew 23:20

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Matt 23:16-19
    4 verses
    90%

    16 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.

    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?

  • Matt 23:21-22
    2 verses
    88%

    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.

  • 2 Chr 6:22
    76%

    22 If a man does wrong to his neighbour and has to take an oath, and comes before your altar to take his oath in this house:

  • 1 Kgs 8:31
    75%

    31 If a man does wrong to his neighbour, and has to take an oath, and comes before your altar to take his oath in this house:

  • Matt 5:33-36
    4 verses
    72%

    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.

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

  • Exod 29:37
    72%

    37 For seven days you are to make offerings for the altar and make it holy, so that it may become completely holy, and anything touching it will become holy.

  • Josh 22:23
    70%

    23 That we have made ourselves an altar, being false to the Lord, keep us not safe from death this day; and if for the purpose of offering burned offerings on it and meal offerings, or peace-offerings, let the Lord himself send punishment for it;

  • Exod 20:24-26
    3 verses
    70%

    24 Make for me an altar of earth, offering on it your burned offerings and your peace-offerings, your sheep and your oxen: in every place where I have put the memory of my name, I will come to you and give you my blessing.

    25 And if you make me an altar of stone do not make it of cut stones: for the touch of an instrument will make it unclean.

    26 And do not go up by steps to my altar, for fear that your bodies may be seen uncovered.

  • Heb 13:10
    70%

    10 We have an altar from which those priests who are servants in the Tent may not take food.

  • Exod 40:10
    70%

    10 And put oil on the altar of burned offering, and make it and all its vessels holy; this altar is to be most holy.

  • Lev 5:4
    69%

    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.

  • Num 30:2
    69%

    2 And Moses said to the heads of the tribes of the children of Israel, This is the order of the Lord.

  • Exod 30:27-29
    3 verses
    68%

    27 And on the table and all its vessels, and on the support for the lights, with its vessels, and on the altar for burning spices,

    28 And on the altar of burned offerings with its vessels, and on the washing-vessel and its base.

    29 And you are to make them most holy; anything touching them will become holy.

  • 1 Cor 9:13
    68%

    13 Do you not see that the servants of the holy things get their living from the Temple, and the servants of the altar have their part in the food which is offered on the altar?

  • Josh 22:28
    68%

    28 For we said to ourselves, If they say this to us or to future generations, then we will say, See this copy of the Lord's altar which our fathers made, not for burned offerings or offerings of beasts, but for a witness between us and you.

  • Heb 6:16
    68%

    16 For men at all times make their oaths by what is greater; and any argument is ended by the decision of the oath.

  • Jas 5:12
    67%

    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.

  • Exod 40:26
    67%

    26 And he put the gold altar in the Tent of meeting, in front of the veil:

  • Prov 20:25
    67%

    25 It is a danger to a man to say without thought, It is holy, and, after taking his oaths, to be questioning if it is necessary to keep them.

  • Deut 27:6
    67%

    6 You are to make the altar of the Lord your God of uncut stones; offering on it burned offerings to the Lord your God:

  • Ezek 43:18
    67%

    18 And he said to me, Son of man, the Lord God has said, These are the rules for the altar, when they make it, for the offering of burned offerings on it and the draining out of the blood.

  • Heb 7:20
    67%

    20 And as this is not without the taking of an oath

  • Deut 6:13
    67%

    13 Let the fear of the Lord your God be in your hearts, and be his servants, taking your oaths by his name.

  • Exod 31:9
    67%

    9 And the altar of burned offerings with all its vessels, and the washing-vessel with its base,

  • Gen 21:24
    67%

    24 And Abraham said, I will give you my oath.

  • Heb 6:13
    67%

    13 For when God made his oath to Abraham, because there was no greater oath, he made it by himself,

  • Lev 4:19
    67%

    19 And he is to take off all its fat, burning it on the altar.

  • Lev 2:8
    67%

    8 And you are to give the meal offering made of these things to the Lord, and let the priest take it to the altar.

  • 2 Kgs 18:22
    67%

    22 And if you say to me, Our hope is in the Lord our God: is it not he, whose high places and altars Hezekiah has taken away, saying to Judah and Jerusalem that worship may only be given before this altar in Jerusalem?

  • Exod 21:14
    66%

    14 But if a man makes an attack on his neighbour on purpose, to put him to death by deceit, you are to take him from my altar and put him to death.

  • 1 Cor 3:17
    66%

    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.

  • Acts 23:4
    66%

    4 And those who were near said, Do you say such words against God's high priest?

  • Zeph 1:5
    66%

    5 And the worshippers of the army of heaven on the house-tops, and the Lord's worshippers who take oaths by Milcom,

  • Ezek 43:16
    66%

    16 And the fireplace is twelve cubits long and twelve cubits wide, square on its four sides.

  • Ezek 20:28
    66%

    28 For when I had taken them into the land which I made an oath to give to them, then they saw every high hill and every branching tree and made their offerings there, moving me to wrath by their offerings; and there the sweet smell of their offerings went up and their drink offerings were drained out.

  • Josh 22:26
    66%

    26 So we said, Let us now make an altar for ourselves, not for burned offerings or for the offerings of beasts:

  • Isa 65:16
    66%

    16 So that he who is requesting a blessing will make use of the name of the true God, and he who takes an oath will do so by the true God; because the past troubles are gone out of mind, and because they are covered from my eyes.

  • 1 Chr 22:1
    66%

    1 Then David said, This is the house of the Lord God, and this is the altar for Israel's burned offerings.

  • Lev 19:12
    66%

    12 And do not take an oath in my name falsely, putting shame on the name of your God: I am the Lord.