Matthew 23:16

Webster's Bible (1833)

"Woe to you, you blind guides, who say, 'Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is obligated.'

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  • Matt 15:14 : 14 Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind. If the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit."
  • Matt 5:33-35 : 33 "Again you have heard that it was said to them of old time, 'You shall not make false vows, but shall perform to the Lord your vows,' 34 but I tell you, don't swear at all: neither by heaven, for it is the throne of God; 35 nor by the earth, for it is the footstool of his feet; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.
  • Matt 23:24 : 24 You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!
  • Matt 23:26 : 26 You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the platter, that the outside of it may become clean also.
  • John 9:39-41 : 39 Jesus said, "I came into this world for judgment, that those who don't see may see; and that those who see may become blind." 40 Those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and said to him, "Are we also blind?" 41 Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now you say, 'We see.' Therefore your sin remains.
  • Matt 23:17 : 17 You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifies the gold?
  • Matt 23:19 : 19 You blind fools! For which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift?
  • Jas 5:12 : 12 But above all things, my brothers, don't swear, neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath; but let your "yes" be "yes," and your "no," "no;" so that you don't fall into hypocrisy.{TR reads "under judgment" instead of "into hypocrisy"}
  • Isa 56:10-11 : 10 His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all mute dogs, they can't bark; dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber. 11 Yes, the dogs are greedy, they can never have enough; and these are shepherds who can't understand: they have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, from every quarter.
  • Matt 15:5-6 : 5 But you say, 'Whoever may tell his father or his mother, "Whatever help you might otherwise have gotten from me is a gift devoted to God," 6 he shall not honor his father or mother.' You have made the commandment of God void because of your tradition.
  • Gal 5:3 : 3 Yes, I testify again to every man who receives circumcision, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.
  • Mark 7:10-13 : 10 For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother;' and, 'He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.' 11 But you say, 'If a man tells his father or his mother, "Whatever profit you might have received from me is Corban{Corban is a Hebrew word for an offering devoted to God.}, that is to say, given to God;"' 12 then you no longer allow him to do anything for his father or his mother, 13 making void the word of God by your tradition, which you have handed down. You do many things like this."

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  • Matt 23:17-29
    13 verses
    86%

    17You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifies the gold?

    18'Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is obligated.'

    19You blind fools! For which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift?

    20He therefore who swears by the altar, swears by it, and by everything on it.

    21He who swears by the temple, swears by it, and by him who was living in it.

    22He who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him who sits on it.

    23"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin,{ cumin is an aromatic seed from Cuminum cyminum, resembling caraway in flavor and appearance. It is used as a spice.} and have left undone the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faith. But you ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.

    24You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!

    25"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and unrighteousness.{TR reads "self-indulgence" instead of "unrighteousness"}

    26You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the platter, that the outside of it may become clean also.

    27"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitened tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.

    28Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

    29"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and decorate the tombs of the righteous,

  • Matt 23:13-15
    3 verses
    74%

    13"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows' houses, and as a pretense you make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.

    14"But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you shut up the Kingdom of Heaven against men; for you don't enter in yourselves, neither do you allow those who are entering in to enter.{Some Greek manuscripts reverse the order of verses 13 and 14, and some omit verse 13, numbering verse 14 as 13.}

    15Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel around by sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much of a son of Gehenna as yourselves.

  • Luke 11:42-44
    3 verses
    71%

    42But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every herb, but you bypass justice and the love of God. You ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.

    43Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the best seats in the synagogues, and the greetings in the marketplaces.

    44Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like hidden graves, and the men who walk over them don't know it."

  • Matt 5:33-34
    2 verses
    70%

    33"Again you have heard that it was said to them of old time, 'You shall not make false vows, but shall perform to the Lord your vows,'

    34but I tell you, don't swear at all: neither by heaven, for it is the throne of God;

  • Matt 23:3-4
    2 verses
    69%

    3All things therefore whatever they tell you to observe, observe and do, but don't do their works; for they say, and don't do.

    4For they bind heavy burdens that are grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not lift a finger to help them.

  • Matt 15:14
    69%

    14Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind. If the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit."

  • Matt 15:5-7
    3 verses
    69%

    5But you say, 'Whoever may tell his father or his mother, "Whatever help you might otherwise have gotten from me is a gift devoted to God,"

    6he shall not honor his father or mother.' You have made the commandment of God void because of your tradition.

    7You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,

  • Luke 11:46-47
    2 verses
    68%

    46He said, "Woe to you lawyers also! For you load men with burdens that are difficult to carry, and you yourselves won't even lift one finger to help carry those burdens.

    47Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.

  • Jas 5:12
    68%

    12But above all things, my brothers, don't swear, neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath; but let your "yes" be "yes," and your "no," "no;" so that you don't fall into hypocrisy.{TR reads "under judgment" instead of "into hypocrisy"}

  • Luke 16:14-15
    2 verses
    68%

    14The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, also heard all these things, and they scoffed at him.

    15He said to them, "You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. For that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

  • Jer 7:4
    68%

    4Don't you trust in lying words, saying, The temple of Yahweh, the temple of Yahweh, the temple of Yahweh, are these.

  • Matt 5:26
    68%

    26Most assuredly I tell you, you shall by no means get out of there, until you have paid the last penny.{Literally, kodrantes. A kodrantes was a small copper coin worth about 2 lepta (widow's mites)--not enough to buy very much of anything.}

  • Deut 27:18
    68%

    18Cursed be he who makes the blind to wander out of the way. All the people shall say, Amen.

  • Mark 12:40
    68%

    40those who devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation."

  • Lev 5:4
    68%

    4"'Or if anyone swears rashly with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatever it is that a man might utter rashly with an oath, and it is hidden from him; when he knows of it, then he shall be guilty of one of these.

  • Luke 21:5
    67%

    5As some were talking about the temple and how it was decorated with beautiful stones and gifts, he said,

  • Matt 12:6
    67%

    6But I tell you that one greater than the temple is here.

  • Matt 5:36
    67%

    36Neither shall you swear by your head, for you can't make one hair white or black.

  • Luke 11:52
    67%

    52Woe to you lawyers! For you took away the key of knowledge. You didn't enter in yourselves, and those who were entering in, you hindered."

  • Mark 11:17
    67%

    17He taught, saying to them, "Isn't it written, 'My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations?' But you have made it a den of robbers!"

  • 1 Cor 3:17
    67%

    17If anyone destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him; for God's temple is holy, which you are.

  • Matt 21:13
    67%

    13He said to them, "It is written, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer,' but you have made it a den of robbers!"

  • Luke 20:46-47
    2 verses
    67%

    46"Beware of the scribes, who like to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the marketplaces, the best seats in the synagogues, and the best places at feasts;

    47who devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers: these will receive greater condemnation."

  • Luke 19:46
    67%

    46saying to them, "It is written, 'My house is a house of prayer,' but you have made it a 'den of robbers'!"

  • Luke 6:39
    66%

    39He spoke a parable to them. "Can the blind guide the blind? Won't they both fall into a pit?

  • Isa 30:22
    66%

    22You shall defile the overlaying of your engraved images of silver, and the plating of your molten images of gold: you shall cast them away as an unclean thing; you shall tell it, Get you hence.

  • Mark 7:11
    66%

    11But you say, 'If a man tells his father or his mother, "Whatever profit you might have received from me is Corban{Corban is a Hebrew word for an offering devoted to God.}, that is to say, given to God;"'