Matthew 23:18
`And, whoever may swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever may swear by the gift that is upon it -- is debtor!
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19Fools and blind! for which `is' greater, the gift, or the altar that is sanctifying the gift?
20`He therefore who did swear by the altar, doth swear by it, and by all things on it;
21and he who did swear by the sanctuary, doth swear by it, and by Him who is dwelling in it;
22and he who did swear by the heaven, doth swear by the throne of God, and by Him who is sitting upon it.
- Matt 23:16-172 verses82%
16`Wo to you, blind guides, who are saying, Whoever may swear by the sanctuary, it is nothing, but whoever may swear by the gold of the sanctuary -- is debtor!
17Fools and blind! for which `is' greater, the gold, or the sanctuary that is sanctifying the gold?
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31that which a man sinneth against his neighbour, and he hath lifted up upon him an oath to cause him to swear, and the oath hath come in before Thine altar in this house,
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22`If a man doth sin against his neighbour, and he hath lifted up on him an oath to cause him to swear, and the oath hath come in before Thine altar in this house --
- Matt 5:33-364 verses73%
33`Again, ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not swear falsely, but thou shalt pay to the Lord thine oaths;
34but I -- I say to you, not to swear at all; neither by the heaven, because it is the throne of God,
35nor by the earth, because it is His footstool, nor by Jerusalem, because it is a city of a great king,
36nor by thy head mayest thou swear, because thou art not able one hair to make white or black;
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4`Or when a person sweareth, speaking wrongfully with the lips to do evil, or to do good, even anything which man speaketh wrongfully with an oath, and it hath been hid from him; -- when he hath known then he hath been guilty of one of these;
- Matt 15:5-62 verses70%
5but ye say, Whoever may say to father or mother, An offering `is' whatever thou mayest be profited by me; --
6and he may not honour his father or his mother, and ye did set aside the command of God because of your tradition.
- Matt 5:23-242 verses69%
23`If, therefore, thou mayest bring thy gift to the altar, and there mayest remember that thy brother hath anything against thee,
24leave there thy gift before the altar, and go -- first be reconciled to thy brother, and then having come bring thy gift.
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12And before all things, my brethren, do not swear, neither by the heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath, and let your Yes be Yes, and the No, No; that under judgment ye may not fall.
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37seven days thou dost make atonement for the altar, and hast sanctified it, and the altar hath been most holy; all that is coming against the altar is holy.
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10we have an altar, of which to eat they have no authority who the tabernacle are serving,
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12`And ye do not swear by My name to falsehood, or thou hast polluted the name of thy God; I `am' Jehovah.
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2`When a man voweth a vow to Jehovah, or hath sworn an oath to bind a bond on his soul, he doth not pollute his word; according to all that is going out from his mouth he doth.
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23`we are' building for ourselves an altar to turn back from after Jehovah, and if to cause to go up on it burnt-offering and present, and if to make on it peace-offerings -- Jehovah Himself doth require `it'.
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11and ye say, If a man may say to father or to mother, Korban (that is, a gift), `is' whatever thou mayest be profited out of mine,
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8`And a bribe thou dost not take; for the bribe bindeth the open-`eyed', and perverteth the words of the righteous.
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3or hath found a lost thing, and hath lied concerning it, and hath sworn to a falsehood, concerning one of all `these' which man doth, sinning in them:
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25A snare to a man `is' he hath swallowed a holy thing, And after vows to make inquiry.
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25`And if an altar of stones thou dost make to Me, thou dost not build them of hewn work; when thy tool thou hast waved over it, then thou dost pollute it;
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8And on pledged garments they stretch themselves near every altar, And the wine of fined ones they drink `in' the house of their gods.
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5or all that concerning which he sweareth falsely, he hath even repaid it in its principal, and its fifth he is adding to it; to him whose it `is' he giveth it in the day of his guilt-offering.
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14`And when a man doth presume against his neighbour to slay him with subtilty, from Mine altar thou dost take him to die.
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19it `is' a guilt-offering; he hath been certainly guilty before Jehovah.'
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13Have ye not known that those working about the things of the temple -- of the temple do eat, and those waiting at the altar -- with the altar are partakers?
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5Better that thou do not vow, than that thou dost vow and dost not complete.
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12The afflicted and needy he hath oppressed, Plunder he hath taken violently away, A pledge he doth not return, And unto the idols he hath lifted up his eyes, Abomination he hath done!
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15and they do not pollute the holy things of the sons of Israel -- that which they lift up to Jehovah,
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15`And unto the sons of Israel thou dost speak, saying, When any man revileth his God -- then he hath borne his sin;
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3And he saith unto me, `This `is' the execration that is going forth over the face of all the land, for every one who is stealing, on the one side, according to it, hath been declared innocent, and every one who hath sworn, on the other side, according to it, hath been declared innocent.
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16for men indeed do swear by the greater, and an end of all controversy to them for confirmation `is' the oath,
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22thou who art preaching not to steal, dost thou steal? thou who art saying not to commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou who art abhorring the idols, dost thou rob temples?
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5And certain saying about the temple, that with goodly stones and devoted things it hath been adorned, he said,
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8My holy things thou hast despised, And My sabbaths thou hast polluted.
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23And it hath been to them as a false divination in their eyes, Who have sworn oaths to them, And he is causing iniquity to be remembered to be caught.
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6and I say to you, that a greater than the temple is here;
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11an oath of Jehovah is between them both, that he hath not put forth his hand against the work of his neighbour, and its owner hath accepted, and he doth not repay;
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8`And unto them thou sayest: Any man of the house of Israel, or of the sojourners, who sojourneth in your midst, who causeth burnt-offering or sacrifice to ascend,
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4And those who stood by said, `The chief priest of God dost thou revile?'
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1`And when a person doth sin, and hath heard the voice of an oath, and he `is' witness, or hath seen, or hath known -- if he declare not, then he hath borne his iniquity:
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13And this a second time ye do, Covering with tears the altar of Jehovah, With weeping and groaning, Because there is no more turning unto the present, Or receiving of a pleasing thing from your hand.
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5and ye have kept the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar, and there is no more wrath against the sons of Israel.