¹⁶你们 这瞎眼 领路的 有祸了 ！你们说 ：凡 指着 殿 起誓 的，这算不得甚么 ；只是 凡 指着 殿中 金子 起誓 的，他就该谨守 。

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!

¹⁶ Verse 16. Whosoever shall swear by the gold] The covetous man,

says one, still gives preference to the object of his lust; gold

has still the first place in his heart. A man is to be suspected

when he recommends those good works most from which he receives

most advantage.



Is bound thereby, i.e. to fulfil his oath.