Matthew Chapter 23 verse 21 Holy Bible
And he that sweareth by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.
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And he who takes an oath by the Temple, takes it by the Temple and by him whose house it is.
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And he that swears by the temple swears by it and by him that dwells in it.
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And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.
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He who swears by the temple, swears by it, and by him who was living in it.
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and he who did swear by the sanctuary, doth swear by it, and by Him who is dwelling in it;
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 21. - By him that dwelleth therein. In fact, it comes to this: to swear by temple or altar is to swear by God - an oath most solemn, which may not be evaded. "That dwelleth" is in some manuscripts the aorist participle, κατοικήσαντι, implying that God once for all took up his abode in the temple, and filled it with his ineffable presence (see 1 Kings 8:13; Psalm 132:14). From such passages we learn that God sanctifies things and places to be devoted to his service, and to be accounted by men holy and separated from all common uses. The Authorized Version translates the received text, κατοικοῦντι, which has good authority, the past participle being, perhaps, a correction by some scribe who thought that the day of Judaism was past when Christ spoke.