15 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel across sea and land to make a single (A)proselyte, and when he becomes a proselyte, you make him twice as much a (B)child of (C)hell[a] as yourselves.

16 “Woe to (D)you, (E)blind guides, who say, (F)‘If anyone swears by the temple, it is nothing, but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’ 17 You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or (G)the temple that has made the gold sacred?

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Matthew 23:15 Greek Gehenna; also verse 33

Bible Gateway Recommends

ESV Church Bible (Value Pew Bible) Case of 24
ESV Church Bible (Value Pew Bible) Case of 24
Retail: $311.76
Our Price: $155.76
Save: $156.00 (50%)
ESV Student Study Bible, TruTone, Sky Blue with Ivy Design
ESV Student Study Bible, TruTone, Sky Blue with Ivy Design
Retail: $44.99
Our Price: $20.99
Save: $24.00 (53%)
4.5 of 5.0 stars
Fire Bible ESV Version, Imitation Leather, Tan/Berry
Fire Bible ESV Version, Imitation Leather, Tan/Berry
Retail: $79.95
Our Price: $58.99
Save: $20.96 (26%)
4.5 of 5.0 stars
ESV Thinline Bible--full grain leather, dark brown
ESV Thinline Bible--full grain leather, dark brown
Retail: $79.99
Our Price: $52.99
Save: $27.00 (34%)
4.5 of 5.0 stars
ESV Study Bible, Burgundy Genuine Leather with Thumb Index
ESV Study Bible, Burgundy Genuine Leather with Thumb Index
Retail: $124.99
Our Price: $69.99
Save: $55.00 (44%)
4.5 of 5.0 stars