Matthew:23:15-24
rsv@Matthew:23:15 @ "Woe to you, blind guides, who say, `If any one swears by the temple, it is nothing; but if any one swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.'
rsv@Matthew:23:16 @ You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that has made the gold sacred?
rsv@Matthew:23:17 @ And you say, `If any one swears by the altar, it is nothing; but if any one swears by the gift that is on the altar, he is bound by his oath.'
rsv@Matthew:23:18 @ You blind men! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that makes the gift sacred?
rsv@Matthew:23:19 @ So he who swears by the altar, swears by it and by everything on it;
rsv@Matthew:23:20 @ and he who swears by the temple, swears by it and by him who dwells in it;
rsv@Matthew:23:21 @ and he who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God and by him who sits upon it.
rsv@Matthew:23:22 @ "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you tithe mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law, justice and mercy and faith; these you ought to have done, without neglecting the others.
rsv@Matthew:23:23 @ You blind guides, straining out a gnat and swallowing a camel!
rsv@Matthew:23:24 @ "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you cleanse the outside of the cup and of the plate, but inside they are full of extortion and rapacity.
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