20. So whoever swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it.
21. And he who swears by the sanctuary of the temple swears by it and by Him Who dwells in it. [I Kings 8:13; Ps. 26:8.]
22. And whoever swears by heaven swears by the throne of God and by Him Who sits upon it.
23. Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, pretenders (hypocrites)! For you give a tenth of your mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected and omitted the weightier (more important) matters of the Law–right and justice and mercy and fidelity. These you ought [particularly] to have done, without neglecting the others.
24. You blind guides, filtering out a gnat and gulping down a camel! [Lev. 27:30; Mic. 6:8.]