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"Woe to you, blind guides, who say, 'If any one swears by the temple, it is nothing; but if any one swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.'
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You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that has made the gold sacred?
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And you say, 'If any one swears by the altar, it is nothing; but if any one swears by the gift that is on the altar, he is bound by his oath.'
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You blind men! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that makes the gift sacred
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So he who swears by the altar, swears by it and by everything on it;
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and 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 upon it.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.