16. “How terrible for you! You guide the people, but you are blind. You say, ‘If people swear by the Temple when they make a promise, that means nothing. But if they swear by the gold that is in the Temple, they must keep that promise.’
17. You are blind fools! Which is greater: the gold or the Temple that makes that gold holy?
18. And you say, ‘If people swear by the altar when they make a promise, that means nothing. But if they swear by the gift on the altar, they must keep that promise.’
19. You are blind! Which is greater: the gift or the altar that makes the gift holy?