Matthew 23:16
“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.’Matthew 23:16 · WEB
This verse in other languages
- ગુજરાતી — માથ્થી ૨૩:૧૬
- ઓ અંધજનોને દોરનારાઓ, તમને અફસોસ છે; તમે કહો છો કે, ‘જો કોઈ ભક્તિસ્થાનના સમ ખાય, તો તેમાં કંઈ નહિ; પણ જો કોઈ ભક્તિસ્થાનના સોનાનાં સમ ખાય તો તેથી બંધાયેલો છે.’
- हिन्दी — मत्ती २३:१६
- “हे अंधे अगुओं, तुम पर हाय, जो कहते हो कि यदि कोई मन्दिर की शपथ खाए तो कुछ नहीं, परन्तु यदि कोई मन्दिर के सोने की सौगन्ध खाए तो उससे बन्ध जाएगा।
In context
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.
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 a son of Gehenna as yourselves.
16“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.’
17You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctifies the gold?
18And, ‘Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is obligated.’
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