Matthew 23:18 CPDV

¹⁶  Woe to you, blind guides, who say: 'Whoever will have sworn by the temple, it is nothing. But whoever will have sworn by the gold of the temple is obligated.'

¹⁷  You are foolish and blind! For which is greater: the gold, or the temple that sanctifies the gold?

¹⁸  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.'

¹⁹  How blind you are! For which is greater: the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift?

²⁰  Therefore, whoever swears by the altar, swears by it, and by all that is on it.