Wo to you, ye blind guides — Before he had styled them hypocrites, from their personal character: now he gives them another title, respecting their influence upon others. Both these appellations are severely put together in Matthew 23:23 and Matthew 23:25; and this severity rises to the height in Matthew 23:33. The gold of the temple — The treasure kept there. He is bound — To keep his oath.
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Matthew 23:16
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!