World English Bible
Matthew 23:20
“He therefore who swears by the altar, swears by it, and by everything on it.”
Verse in context — Matthew 23
18
Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is obligated?
19
You blind fools! For which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift?
20
He therefore who swears by the altar, swears by it, and by everything on it.
21
He who swears by the temple, swears by it, and by him who was living in it.
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He who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him who sits on it.
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