Matthew 23:16
"Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!"
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- Matthew 15:14
"Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch."
Read in chapter → - Matthew 23:24
"Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel."
Read in chapter → - James 5:12
"But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation."
Read in chapter → - Matthew 23:17
"Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?"
Read in chapter → - Matthew 5:33
"Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths:"
Read in chapter → - John 9:39
"And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind."
Read in chapter → - Matthew 23:19
"Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?"
Read in chapter → - Matthew 23:26
"Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also."
Read in chapter → - Isaiah 56:10
"His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber."
Read in chapter → - Matthew 15:5
"But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;"
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