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Woe to you, blind guides, who say, 'Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is obliged to perform it.'
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Fools and blind! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctifies the gold?
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And, 'Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is obliged to perform it.'
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Fools and blind! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that sanctifies the gift
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Therefore he who swears by the altar, swears by it and by all things on it.
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He who swears by the temple, swears by it and by Him who dwells in it
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And he who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God and by Him who sits on it.
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Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone.
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Blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!
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Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you cleanse the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of extortion and self-indulgence.
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Blind Pharisee, first cleanse the inside of the cup and dish, that the outside of them may be clean also.