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Jesus challenges the leaders’ distinction between an oath by the temple and an oath by its gold, with the actual temple intact nearby.
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Matthew 23:16

Oaths by Temple and Gold

Jesus Warns the Leaders and Laments Jerusalem · Matthew 23

Story guide: Jesus speaks before the intact temple as he challenges distinctions between oaths by temple and gold.

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16Woe to you, blind guides, who say, ‘Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple is bound.’

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