Matthew 23:21
And whoever swears by the temple swears by it and the one who dwells in it.
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Referenced Verses
- 1 Kgs 8:13 : 13 O LORD, truly I have built a lofty temple for you, a place where you can live permanently.”
- Ps 26:8 : 8 O LORD, I love the temple where you live, the place where your splendor is revealed.
- 2 Chr 6:2 : 2 O LORD, I have built a lofty temple for you, a place where you can live permanently.”
- 2 Chr 7:2 : 2 The priests were unable to enter the LORD’s temple because the LORD’s splendor filled the LORD’s temple.
- 1 Kgs 8:27 : 27 “God does not really live on the earth! Look, if the sky and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this temple I have built!
- Ps 132:13-14 : 13 Certainly the LORD has chosen Zion; he decided to make it his home. 14 He said,“This will be my resting place forever; I will live here, for I have chosen it.
- Eph 2:22 : 22 in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.
- Col 2:9 : 9 For in him all the fullness of deity lives in bodily form,
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- Matt 23:16-205 verses88%
16 “Woe to you, blind guides, who say,‘Whoever swears by the temple is bound by nothing. But whoever swears by the gold of the temple is bound by the oath.’
17 Blind fools! Which is greater, the gold or the temple that makes the gold sacred?
18 And,‘Whoever swears by the altar is bound by nothing. But if anyone swears by the gift on it he is bound by the oath.’
19 You are blind! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that makes the gift sacred?
20 So whoever swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it.
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22 And whoever swears by heaven swears by the throne of God and the one who sits on it.
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31 “When someone is accused of sinning against his neighbor and the latter pronounces a curse on the alleged offender before your altar in this temple, be willing to forgive the accused if the accusation is false.
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22 “When someone is accused of sinning against his neighbor and the latter pronounces a curse on the alleged offender before your altar in this temple,
- Matt 5:33-364 verses73%
33 Oaths“Again, you have heard that it was said to an older generation,‘Do not break an oath, but fulfill your vows to the Lord.’
34 But I say to you, do not take oaths at all– not by heaven, because it is the throne of God,
35 not by earth, because it is his footstool, and not by Jerusalem, because it is the city of the great King.
36 Do not take an oath by your head, because you are not able to make one hair white or black.
- 1 Cor 3:16-172 verses73%
16 Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit lives in you?
17 If someone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him. For God’s temple is holy, which is what you are.
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5 But, if you do not obey these commands, I solemnly swear that this palace will become a pile of rubble. I, the LORD, affirm it!”
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4 Stop putting your confidence in the false belief that says,“We are safe! The temple of the LORD is here! The temple of the LORD is here! The temple of the LORD is here!”
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13 You must revere the LORD your God, serve him, and take oaths using only his name.
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12 You must not swear falsely in my name, so that you do not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.
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6 I tell you that something greater than the temple is here.
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5 The Signs of the End of the Age Now while some were speaking about the temple, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and offerings, Jesus said,
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2 If a man makes a vow to the LORD or takes an oath of binding obligation on himself, he must not break his word, but must do whatever he has promised.
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21 But Jesus was speaking about the temple of his body.
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5 I will remove those who worship the stars in the sky from their rooftops, those who swear allegiance to the LORD while taking oaths in the name of their‘king,’
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13 And he said to them,“It is written,‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but you are turning it into a den of robbers!”
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24 Abraham said,“I swear to do this.”
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4 or when a person swears an oath, speaking thoughtlessly with his lips, whether to do evil or to do good, with regard to anything which the individual might speak thoughtlessly in an oath, even if he did not realize it, but he himself has later come to know it and is guilty with regard to one of these oaths–
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6 and swore by the one who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and what is in it, and the earth and what is in it, and the sea and what is in it,“There will be no more delay!
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24 The God who made the world and everything in it, who is Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by human hands,
- Zech 5:3-42 verses67%
3 The speaker went on to say,“This is a curse traveling across the whole earth. For example, according to the curse whoever steals will be removed from the community; or on the other hand(according to the curse) whoever swears falsely will suffer the same fate.”
4 “I will send it out,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies,“and it will enter the house of the thief and of the person who swears falsely in my name. It will land in the middle of his house and destroy both timber and stones.”
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8 They settled down in it and built in it a temple to honor you, saying,
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23 King Solomon then swore an oath by the LORD,“May God judge me severely, if Adonijah does not pay for this request with his life!
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20 Revere the LORD your God, serve him, be loyal to him and take oaths only in his name.
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21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God,
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3 Who is allowed to ascend the mountain of the LORD? Who may go up to his holy dwelling place?
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21 As for this temple, which was once majestic, everyone who passes by it will be shocked and say,‘Why did the LORD do this to this land and this temple?’
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61 and declared,“This man said,‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.’”
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22 Now I saw no temple in the city, because the Lord God– the All-Powerful– and the Lamb are its temple.
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16 Whoever pronounces a blessing in the earth will do so in the name of the faithful God; whoever makes an oath in the earth will do so in the name of the faithful God. For past problems will be forgotten; I will no longer think about them.
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13 Now when God made his promise to Abraham, since he could swear by no one greater, he swore by himself,
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8 You have despised my holy things and desecrated my Sabbaths!
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21 In him the whole building, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord,
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23 But those in Jerusalem will view it as a false omen. They have sworn solemn oaths, but the king of Babylon will accuse them of violations in order to seize them.
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12 And above all, my brothers and sisters, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath. But let your“Yes” be yes and your“No” be no, so that you may not fall into judgment.
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4 Then he measured its length as 35 feet, and its width as 35 feet, before the outer sanctuary. He said to me,“This is the most holy place.”
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27 “God does not really live on the earth! Look, if the sky and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this temple I have built!
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7 “You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold guiltless anyone who takes his name in vain.
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23 The outer sanctuary and the inner sanctuary each had a double door.
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12 “This is the law of the temple: The entire area on top of the mountain all around will be most holy. Indeed, this is the law of the temple.
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23 The Authority of Jesus Now after Jesus entered the temple courts, the chief priests and elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching and said,“By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?”