15 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you travel around on sea and land to make one [a](A)proselyte; and when he becomes one, you [b]make him twice as much a son of [c](B)hell as yourselves.

16 “Woe to you, (C)blind guides, who say, ‘(D)Whoever swears by the [d]temple, that is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the [e]temple is obligated.’

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 23:15 Or convert
  2. Matthew 23:15 I.e., doom him to hell
  3. Matthew 23:15 Gr Gehenna
  4. Matthew 23:16 Or sanctuary
  5. Matthew 23:16 Or sanctuary

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