15 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you go about the sea and the land, that you may convert even one. and when this happens, make him a son of hell, twice as bad as you.

16 Woe to you, blind leaders, who say, If any man swear by the temple, it is nothing, but if any man swear by the gold of the temple, he is guilty.

17 Mad and blind! Which is greater: gold, or the temple that sanctifies gold?

18 And also, If any man swear by the altar, it is nothing, but if any man swear by the gift that is upon him, he is guilty.

19 Mad and blind! Which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift?

20 Therefore he that sweareth by the altar sweareth by it, and by all that is upon it;

21 And he that sweareth by the temple sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein;

22 And he that sweareth by heaven sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth upon it.

23 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you tithe of mint, anise, and cumin, and have forsaken the most important things of the law: judgment, mercy, and faith; this was to be done, and not to be forsaken.

24 Blind leaders who strain out a gnat, and devour a camel!

25 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you cleanse the outside of the cup and the dish, while inwardly they are full of theft and unrighteousness.

26 Blind Pharisee! First cleanse the inside of the cup and the dish, so that their outside will also be clean.

27 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you are likened to painted sepulchers, which outwardly seem beautiful, but inwardly are full of the bones of the dead and all uncleanness;

28 so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.