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The Book of Matthew, Chapter 23, Verse 22

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21
‹And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.›
King James Version
‹And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.›
American Standard Version
And he that sweareth by the heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.
New English Translation
“Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.
World English Bible
He who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him who sits on it.
23
‹Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier› [matters] ‹of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.›
24
[Ye] ‹blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.›
25
‹Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.›
26
[Thou] ‹blind Pharisee, cleanse first that› [which is] ‹within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.›
27
‹Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead› [men's] ‹bones, and of all uncleanness.›
28
‹Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.›
29
‹Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,›
30
‹And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.›
31
‹Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.›
32
‹Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.›