Matthew 23:16-26 Wo to you, ye blind guides; who say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is bound.

Wesley⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁶ Wo to you, ye blind guides; who say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is bound. ¹⁷ Ye fools and blind: for which is greater? The gold? Or the temple that sanctifieth the gold? ¹⁸ And whosoever shall swear by the altar, ye say, it is nothing: but whosoever shall swear by the gift that is upon it, is bound. ¹⁹ Ye fools and blind; for which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift? ²⁰ He therefore that sweareth by the altar, sweareth by it and by all things thereon. ²¹ And he that sweareth by the temple, sweareth by it and by him that dwelleth therein. ²² And he that sweareth by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon. ²³ Wo to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; for ye pay tithe of mint, and anise, and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to have neglected the others. ²⁴ Ye blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel. ²⁵ Wo to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish; but within they are full of rapine and intemperance. ²⁶ Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first, the inside of the cup and dish, that the outside of them may be clean also.