Matthew 23:16-22

16“Woe to you, blind guides, who say, ‘Whoever swears by the temple is bound by nothing. But whoever swears by the gold of the temple is bound by the oath.’

17Blind fools! Which is greater, the gold or the temple that makes the gold sacred?

18And, ‘Whoever swears by the altar is bound by nothing. But if anyone swears by the gift on it he is bound by the oath.’

19You are blind! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that makes the gift sacred?

20So whoever swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it.

21And whoever swears by the temple swears by it and the one who dwells in it.

22And whoever swears by heaven swears by the throne of God and the one who sits on it.