JuliaSmith(i)
16 Woe to you blind guides, saying, Whoever should swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever should swear by the gold of the temple, he is indebted!
17 Foolish and blind; for which is the greater, the gold, or the temple consecrating the gold?
18 And, Whoever should swear by the altar, it is nothing; and whoever should swear by the gift above it, he is indebted.
19 Foolish and blind: for which is the greater, the gift, or the altar, consecrating the gifts?
20 Therefore, he having sworn by the altar, swears by it, and by all above it.
21 And he having sworn by the temple, swears by it, and by him dwelling in it.
22 And he having sworn by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him sitting above it.
23 Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye exact tenths and dill and cummin, and ye have left the weightier things of the law, judgment, and mercy, and faith: these it was necessary to do, and not to let go those.
24 Blind guides, straining a gnat, and swallowing down a camel.
25 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye cleanse the outside of the cup, and the side dish of sweet-meats, and within they are full of pillage and bad mixture.
26 O blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup, and side dish of sweetmeats, that also their outside might be clean.