[16] Woe ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor! [17] Ye fools and blind: for whether the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold? [18] And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty. [19] blind: for whether the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift? [20] Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon. [21] And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein. [22] And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon. [23] Woe 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: ought ye to have done, and not the other undone. [24] Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.