KJV King James Version
And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.
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Matthew 23:21
And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And he who swears by the temple swears by it and by the One who dwells in it.
WEB World English Bible
He who swears by the temple, swears by it, and by him who was living in it.
ASV American Standard Version
And he that sweareth by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and he who did swear by the sanctuary, doth swear by it, and by Him who is dwelling in it;
Surrounding context — Matthew 23
18 And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.
19 [Ye] fools and blind: for whether [is] greater, 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 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.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
καὶG2532 · kaiandὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoὀμόσαςG3660 · omnumito swearἐνG1722 · enin/on/amongτῷG3588 · hothe/this/whoναῷG3485 · naostempleὀμνύειG3660 · omnumito swearἐνG1722 · enin/on/amongαὐτῷG846 · autosit/s/heκαὶG2532 · kaiandἐνG1722 · enin/on/amongτῷG3588 · hothe/this/whoκατοικοῦντιG2730 · katoikeōto dwellαὐτόν,G846 · autosit/s/he
Cross-references
1 Kings 8:13I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place for thee to abide in for ever.Psalm 26:8LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.2 Chronicles 6:2But I have built an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever.2 Chronicles 7:2And the priests could not enter into the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled the LORD’S house.Psalm 132:13-14For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired [it] for his habitation.Ephesians 2:22In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.Colossians 2:9For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.1 Kings 8:27But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?
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