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Matthew 23:15-22 The Scriptures 1998 (ISR98)

15. “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you go about the land and the sea to win one convert, and when he is won, you make him a son of Gehenna twofold more than yourselves.

16. “Woe to you, blind guides, who say, ‘Whoever swears by the Dwelling Place, it does not matter, but whoever swears by the gold of the Dwelling Place, is bound by oath.’

17. “Fools and blind! For which is greater, the gold or the Dwelling Place that sets the gold apart?

18. “And, ‘Whoever swears by the altar, it does not matter, but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, is bound by oath.’

19. “Fools and blind! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that sets the gift apart?

20. “He, then, who swears by the altar, swears by it and by all that is upon it.

21. “And he who swears by the Dwelling Place, swears by it and by Him who is dwelling in it.

22. “And he who swears by the heaven, swears by the throne of Elohim and by Him who is sitting upon it.

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