Matthew 23:16
“Woe to you, you blind guides, who say, ‘Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is obligated.’This verse in the real world
In what words
- ὁδηγόςhodēgósa conductor (literally or figuratively (teacher))
- χρυσόςchrysósgold; by extension, a golden article, as an ornament or coin
- ὀμνύωomnýōto swear, i.e. take (or declare on) oath
- οὐαίouaí"woe"
- ναόςnaósa fane, shrine, temple
- τυφλόςtyphlósopaque (as if smoky), i.e. (by analogy) blind (physically or mentally)
- ἄνán
- οὐδείςoudeísnot even one (man, woman or thing), i.e. none, nobody, nothing
+7 more words in this verse
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Mat 15:14, Mat 23:24, Mat 5:33–35, Jas 5:12, Mat 23:17, Mat 23:19, Isa 56:10–11, Mat 23:26