Matthew 23:20
18 And you say, ‘If anyone swears by the altar, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gift on it, he is bound by his oath.’
19 You blind men! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar that makes it sacred?
So then, he who swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it.
21 And he who swears by the temple swears by it and by the One who dwells in it.
22 And he who swears by heaven swears by God’s throne and by the One who sits on it.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- So then, he who swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it.
- KJV
- Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon.
- WEB
- He therefore who swears by the altar, swears by it and by everything on it.
- ASV
- He therefore that sweareth by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon.
- DARBY
- He therefore that swears by the altar swears by it and by all things that are upon it.
- BLB
- Therefore the one having sworn by the altar swears by it and by all things that [are] upon it.
- ÅB
- Den som sverger ved alteret, han sverger ved alteret og ved alt som ligger på det,
- OTB
- Derfor, den som sverger ved alteret, sverger ved det og ved alt som er på det.
- B1930
- Derfor, den som sverger ved alteret, han sverger ved det og ved alt det som ligger på det,