Matthew 23:21 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²¹And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.

Matthew 23:21 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 26:8
LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.
1 Kings 8:13
I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place for thee to abide in for ever.
2 Chronicles 6:2
But I have built an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever.
2 Chronicles 7:2
And the priests could not enter into the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled the LORD'S house.
Ephesians 2:22
In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 13-33)

In these verses we have eight woes levelled directly against the scribes and Pharisees by our Lord Jesus Christ, like so many claps of thunder, or flashes of lightning, from mount Sinai. Three woes are made to look very dreadful (Rev. 8:13; 9:12); but here are eight woes, in opposition to the eight beatitudes, Matt. 5:3. The gospel has its woes as well as the law, and gospel curses are of all curs…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 21)

20-22. Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, &c.--See on Mt 5:33-37.