Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version
Book of Matthew
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Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 23:16 DSN -> Synopsis on 23:16 GEB -> Study Notes on 23:16 GSB -> Study Notes on 23:16 JFB -> Commentary on 23:16 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 23:16 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 23:16 PNT -> Commentary on 23:16 RWP -> Study Notes on 23:16 SRN -> Study Notes on 23:16 TFG -> Commentary on 23:16 TSK -> Commentary on 23:16 TSK -> Entry for 23:16 WEN -> Notes on 23:16 NTB -> Blindness; Church; Ecclesiasticism; Hypocrisy; Minister, Christian; Pharisees; Satire; Teachers; Temple TTT -> Blindness, Spiritual; Oaths; Pharisees, The; Swearing, Profane SBD -> Oath; Scribes WJD -> Devotional using 23:16 WJD -> Devotional using 23:16 23:16 - [In Context] "It will be bad for you teachers of the law and Pharisees. F338 You guide the people, but you are blind. You say, 'If any person uses the name of the temple F339 to make a promise, that means nothing. But if any person uses the gold that is in the temple to make a promise, then he must keep that promise.'
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 23:17 DSN -> Synopsis on 23:17 GEB -> Study Notes on 23:17 GSB -> Study Notes on 23:17 JFB -> Commentary on 23:17 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 23:17 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 23:17 PNT -> Commentary on 23:17 RWP -> Study Notes on 23:17 TSK -> Commentary on 23:17 TSK -> Entry for 23:17 WEN -> Notes on 23:17 NTB -> Blindness; Church; Ecclesiasticism; Hypocrisy; Pharisees; Satire; Teachers; Temple TTT -> Fools; Hypocrites; Oaths; Pharisees, The SBD -> Oath; Scribes WJD -> Devotional using 23:17 WJD -> Devotional using 23:17 23:17 - [In Context] You are blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple? The temple makes that gold holy. {So the temple is greater.}
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 23:18 DSN -> Synopsis on 23:18 GEB -> Study Notes on 23:18 GSB -> Study Notes on 23:18 JFB -> Commentary on 23:18 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 23:18 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 23:18 PNT -> Commentary on 23:18 RWP -> Study Notes on 23:18 TSK -> Commentary on 23:18 TSK -> Entry for 23:18 WEN -> Notes on 23:18 NTB -> Altar; Blindness; Church; Ecclesiasticism; Hypocrisy; Oath; Pharisees; Satire; Teachers; Temple TTT -> Altar of Burnt-offering, The; Oaths; Pharisees, The SBD -> Oath; Scribes WJD -> Devotional using 23:18 WJD -> Devotional using 23:18 23:18 - [In Context] And you say, 'If any person uses the altar F340 to make a promise, that means nothing. But if any person uses the gift on the altar to make a promise, then he must keep his promise.'
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 23:19 DSN -> Synopsis on 23:19 GEB -> Study Notes on 23:19 GSB -> Study Notes on 23:19 JFB -> Commentary on 23:19 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 23:19 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 23:19 PNT -> Commentary on 23:19 RWP -> Study Notes on 23:19 TSK -> Commentary on 23:19 TSK -> Entry for 23:19 WEN -> Notes on 23:19 NTB -> Altar; Blindness; Church; Ecclesiasticism; Hypocrisy; Oath; Pharisees; Satire; Teachers; Temple TTT -> Altar of Burnt-offering, The; Blindness, Spiritual; Fools; Hypocrites; Oaths; Pharisees, The SBD -> Oath; Scribes WJD -> Devotional using 23:19 WJD -> Devotional using 23:19 23:19 - [In Context] You are blind. {You understand nothing!} Which is greater: the gift, or the altar? The altar makes the gift holy. {So the altar is greater.}
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 23:20 DSN -> Synopsis on 23:20 GEB -> Study Notes on 23:20 GSB -> Study Notes on 23:20 JFB -> Commentary on 23:20 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 23:20 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 23:20 PNT -> Commentary on 23:20 RWP -> Study Notes on 23:20 WEN -> Notes on 23:20 NTB -> Blindness; Church; Ecclesiasticism; Hypocrisy; Oath; Pharisees; Satire; Teachers; Temple TTT -> Oaths; Pharisees, The SBD -> Oath; Scribes WJD -> Devotional using 23:20 WJD -> Devotional using 23:20 23:20 - [In Context] The person that uses the altar to make a promise is really using the altar and also everything on the altar.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 23:21 DSN -> Synopsis on 23:21 GEB -> Study Notes on 23:21 GSB -> Study Notes on 23:21 JFB -> Commentary on 23:21 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 23:21 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 23:21 PNT -> Commentary on 23:21 RWP -> Study Notes on 23:21 TSK -> Commentary on 23:21 TSK -> Entry for 23:21 WEN -> Notes on 23:21 NTB -> Blindness; Church; Ecclesiasticism; Hypocrisy; Oath; Pharisees; Satire; Teachers; Temple TTT -> Oaths; Pharisees, The; Swearing, Profane SBD -> Gnat; Oath; Scribes WJD -> Devotional using 23:21 WJD -> Devotional using 23:21 23:21 - [In Context] And the person that uses the temple to make a promise is really using the temple and also the One that lives in the temple.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 23:22 DSN -> Synopsis on 23:22 GEB -> Study Notes on 23:22 GSB -> Study Notes on 23:22 JFB -> Commentary on 23:22 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 23:22 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 23:22 PNT -> Commentary on 23:22 RWP -> Study Notes on 23:22 TFG -> Commentary on 23:22 TSK -> Commentary on 23:22 TSK -> Entry for 23:22 WEN -> Notes on 23:22 NTB -> Blindness; Church; Ecclesiasticism; Hypocrisy; Oath; Pharisees; Satire; Teachers; Temple; Throne TTT -> Oaths; Pharisees, The; Swearing, Profane SBD -> Oath; Scribes WJD -> Devotional using 23:22 WJD -> Devotional using 23:22 23:22 - [In Context] The person that uses heaven to make a promise is also using God's throne and the One that sits on that throne.
FOOTNOTES: F338: Pharisees   The Pharisees were a Jewish religious group that claimed to follow carefully all Jewish laws and customs. F339: temple   The special building in Jerusalem for Jewish worship. F340: altar   An altar is a place where sacrifices or gifts are offered to God. There was an altar in front of the temple in Jerusalem.

Abbreviations Legend: BCC - Burton Coffman; DSN - Darby's Synopsis; GEB - Gill's Exposition; GSB - Geneva Study Bible; JFB - Jamieson, Fausset, Brown; MHC-COM - Matthew Henry Complete; MHC-CON - Matthew Henry Concise; PNT - People's New Testament; RWP - Robertson's Word Pictures; SRN - Scofield Reference Notes; TFG - The Fourfold Gospel; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; WEN - Wesley's Explanatory Notes; NTB - Nave's Topical Bible; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; TTT - Torrey's Topical Textbook; SBD - Smith's Bible Dictionary; WJD - What Jesus Did!; Copyright Statement - Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version © 2001 by World Bible Translation Center, Inc. and used by permission.