Matthew 23:16-18

Expanded Bible

¹⁶ “·How terrible for [^LWoe to] you! ·You guide the people, but you are blind [^LBlind guides!]. You say, ‘If people ·swear [make an oath/vow] by the Temple when they make a promise, that means nothing. But if they swear by the gold that is in the Temple, they ·must keep that promise [are obligated/bound].’ ¹⁷ You are blind fools! Which is greater: the gold or the Temple that makes that gold ·holy [sacred; sanctified]? ¹⁸ And you say, ‘If people ·swear [make an oath/vow] by the altar when they make a promise, that means nothing. But if they ·swear [make an oath/vow] by the ·gift [offering] on the altar, they ·must keep that promise [are obligated/bound].’