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Matthew 23:16 · BSB
23:16 Woe to you, blind guides! You say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’
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…kind of oath taking they did different levels of truth telling. Jesus confronted the Pharisees at one point with this in a very serious way. InMatthew 23, verse 16, he we read, he says, woe to you blind guides who say, whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing. But whoever swears by the gold of the temple,…
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…go to the disciples. Matthew 1514. They are blind leaders of the blind and if the blind leads the blind, both will fall into a ditch. Later on inMatthew 23, verse 16, Jesus said woe to you. Blind guides, your religious leaders. You don't know where you're going. All unsaved people need Jesus Christ to open their…
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…and bigger, but God says, I want you to grow deeper and deeper, and then I'll take care of growing your church as I want it to grow. The third woe,Matthew 23, verse 16, he says, Woe to you blind gods, who say, if anyone swears by the temple, it is nothing, but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is…
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…23. He gives the woes against the Pharisees and the religious leaders. A woe is kind of like the opposite of a blessing, I guess you could say. ButMatthew 23, verse 16, same thing. He's talking the way they practice this and calling it out. He says, Woe to you blind guides who say, if anyone swears by the temple,…
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…So let me show you what I mean. Matthew shows us exactly what is going on in Matthew 16, I think. Is it Matthew 16? No. It's Matthew 23. So go toMatthew 23, verse 16. Here Jesus says, woe to blind guides. That's what he calls the Pharisees. Woe to blind guides. If anyone swears by the temple, it's nothing. But…
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…when an oath was binding and when an oath was not binding. And you get a glimpse of that in Matthew chapter 23. So, we'll just skip ahead toMatthew chapter 23 verses 16 through 22. And I just want to let you know up front what you're going to read is a lot different than Matthew 5 and Matthew 23. This is a poem. This is Jesus…
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