Matthew 23:16 Cross References - BBE

¹⁶ A curse is on you, blind guides, who say, Whoever takes an oath by the Temple, it is nothing; but whoever takes an oath by the gold of the Temple, he is responsible.

¹⁰ His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all dogs without tongues, unable to make a sound; stretched out dreaming, loving sleep. ¹¹ Yes, the dogs are for ever looking for food; while these, the keepers of the sheep, are without wisdom: they have all gone after their pleasure, every one looking for profit; they are all the same.

³³ Again, you have knowledge that it was said in old times, Do not take false oaths, but give effect to your oaths to the Lord: ³⁴ But I say to you, Take no oaths at all: not by the heaven, because it is the seat of God; ³⁵ Or by the earth, because it is the resting-place for his foot; or by Jerusalem, because it is the town of the great King.

⁵ But you say, If a man says to his father or his mother, That by which you might have had profit from me is given to God; ⁶ There is no need for him to give honour to his father. And you have made the word of God without effect because of your teaching.

¹⁴ Let them be: they are blind guides. And if a blind man is guiding a blind man, the two will go falling into a hole together.

¹⁷ You foolish ones and blind: which is greater, the gold, or the Temple which makes the gold holy?

¹⁹ You blind ones: which is greater, the offering, or the altar which makes the offering holy?

²⁴ You blind guides, who take out a fly from your drink, but make no trouble over a camel.

²⁶ You blind Pharisee, first make clean the inside of the cup and of the plate, so that the outside may become equally clean.

¹⁰ For Moses said, Give honour to your father and mother, and, He who says evil of father or mother, let him have the punishment of death: ¹¹ But you say, If a man says to his father or his mother, That by which you might have had profit from me is Corban, that is to say, Given to God, ¹² You no longer let him do anything for his father or his mother; ¹³ Making the word of God of no effect by your rule, which you have given: and a number of other such things you do.

³⁹ And Jesus said, I came into this world to be a judge, so that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind. ⁴⁰ These words came to the ears of the Pharisees who were with him and they said to him, Are we, then, blind? ⁴¹ Jesus said to them, If you were blind you would have no sin: but now that you say, We see; your sin is there still.

³ Yes, I give witness again to every man who undergoes circumcision, that he will have to keep all the law.

¹² But most of all, my brothers, do not take oaths, not by the heaven, or by the earth, or by any other thing: but let your Yes be Yes, and your No be No: so that you may not be judged.