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## Matthew 23:19-20 in Context (Verses 16–23 KJV)
 
 [16 ](/kjv/matthew/23/16) Woe unto you, *ye* blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!
 
 [17 ](/kjv/matthew/23/17) *Ye* fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?
 
 [18 ](/kjv/matthew/23/18) And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.
 
 [19 ](/kjv/matthew/23/19) *Ye* fools and blind: for whether *is* greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?
 
 [20 ](/kjv/matthew/23/20) Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon.
 
 [21 ](/kjv/matthew/23/21) And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.
 
 [22 ](/kjv/matthew/23/22) And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.
 
 [23 ](/kjv/matthew/23/23) Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier *matters* of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
 
[Matthew 22](/kjv/matthew/22) [Matthew 24](/kjv/matthew/24)

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