16 “Woe to you, blind guides! You say, ‘Whoever swears by the Temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the Temple, he is obligated.’
17 O fools and blind ones! Which is greater, the gold or the Temple that made the gold holy?
18 And you say, ‘Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the offering on it, he is obligated.’
19 O blind ones! Which is greater, the offering or the altar that makes the offering holy?
20 Therefore, whoever swears by the altar, swears both by the altar and everything on it.
21 And whoever swears by the Temple, swears both by the Temple and by Him who dwells in it.
22 And whoever swears by heaven, swears both by the throne of God and by Him who sits on it.