15 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel land and sea to win one proselyte, and when he is won, you make him twice as much a son of1 hell as yourselves.
16 “Woe to you, ablind guides, who say, b‘Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is obliged to perform it.’
18 And, ‘Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is obliged to perform it.’
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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For {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
Gold {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Gold {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}
Other definition entries containing Matthew 23:17:
Debt; Debtor {I.S.B.E.}
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