16. `Woe to you, blind guides, who are saying, Whoever may swear by the sanctuary, it is nothing, but whoever may swear by the gold of the sanctuary--is debtor!
17. Fools and blind! for which [is] greater, the gold, or the sanctuary that is sanctifying the gold?
18. `And, whoever may swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever may swear by the gift that is upon it--is debtor!
19. Fools and blind! for which [is] greater, the gift, or the altar that is sanctifying the gift?
20. `He therefore who did swear by the altar, doth swear by it, and by all things on it;
21. and he who did swear by the sanctuary, doth swear by it, and by Him who is dwelling in it;
22. and he who did swear by the heaven, doth swear by the throne of God, and by Him who is sitting upon it.
23. `Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye give tithe of the mint, and the dill, and the cumin, and did neglect the weightier things of the Law--the judgment, and the kindness, and the faith; these it behoved [you] to do, and those not to neglect.