^{15 Ref} `Wo to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye go round the sea and the dry land to make one proselyte, and whenever it may happen -- ye make him a son of gehenna twofold more than yourselves.

^{16 Ref} `Wo 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 Ref} 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 Ref} 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 Ref} and he who did swear by the sanctuary, doth swear by it, and by Him who is dwelling in it;

^{22 Ref} and he who did swear by the heaven, doth swear by the throne of God, and by Him who is sitting upon it.

^{23 Ref} `Wo 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.

^{24 Ref} `Blind guides! who are straining out the gnat, and the camel are swallowing.