Catholic Public Domain Version
"And whoever will have sworn by the temple, swears by it, and by him who dwells in it. "
— Matthew 23:21, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.”
“And he that sweareth by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein. ”
“He who swears by the temple, swears by it, and by him who was living in it.”
“And whoever swears by the temple swears by it and the one who dwells in it.”
“And whosoever shall swear by the temple sweareth by it and by him that dwelleth in it.”
“And he who takes an oath by the Temple, takes it by the Temple and by him whose house it is.”
“And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.”
And you say: ‘Whoever will have sworn by the altar, it is nothing. But whoever will have sworn by the gift that is on the altar is obligated.’
How blind you are! For which is greater: the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift?
Therefore, whoever swears by the altar, swears by it, and by all that is on it.
And whoever will have sworn by the temple, swears by it, and by him who dwells in it.
And whoever swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him who sits upon it.
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! For you collect tithes on mint and dill and cumin, but you have abandoned the weightier things of the law: judgment and mercy and faith. These you ought to have done, while not omitting the others.
You blind guides, straining out a gnat, while swallowing a camel!