Matthew 23:22 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

And to swear an oath by heaven is to swear by God's throne and the one who sits on it.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.

ASV:

And he that sweareth by the heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.

BBE:

And he who takes an oath by heaven, takes it by the seat of God, and by him who is seated on it.

DBY:

And he that swears by heaven swears by the throne of God and by him that sits upon it.

ERV:

And he that sweareth by the heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.

WEY:

and he who swears by Heaven swears both by the throne of God and by Him who sits upon it.

WBS:

And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth upon it.

WEB:

He who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him who sits on it.

YLT:

and he who did swear by the heaven, doth swear by the throne of God, and by Him who is sitting upon it.

Matthew 23:22 Cross References

XREF:

Isaiah 66:1 Thus says the LORD, "Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool. Where then is a house you could build for Me? And where is a place that I may rest?

Matthew 5:34 "But I say to you, make no oath at all, either by heaven, for it is the throne of God, (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

23:22 And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the {s} throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.
(s) If heaven is God's throne, than he is without doubt above this entire world.

PNT:

23:21,22 Swear by the temple. Oaths that did they not call binding, Jesus traces to God himself. Compare Mt 5:35. The meaning is that all oaths are by God. There are no distinctions.

MHC:

23:13-33 The scribes and Pharisees were enemies to the gospel of Christ, and therefore to the salvation of the souls of men. It is bad to keep away from Christ ourselves, but worse also to keep others from him. Yet it is no new thing for the show and form of godliness to be made a cloak to the greatest enormities. But dissembled piety will be reckoned double iniquity. They were very busy to turn souls to be of their party. Not for the glory of God and the good of souls, but that they might have the credit and advantage of making converts. Gain being their godliness, by a thousand devices they made religion give way to their worldly interests. They were very strict and precise in smaller matters of the law, but careless and loose in weightier matters. It is not the scrupling a little sin that Christ here reproves; if it be a sin, though but a gnat, it must be strained out; but the doing that, and then swallowing a camel, or, committing a greater sin. While they would seem to be godly, they were neither sober nor righteous. We are really, what we are inwardly. Outward motives may keep the outside clean, while the inside is filthy; but if the heart and spirit be made new, there will be newness of life; here we must begin with ourselves. The righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees was like the ornaments of a grave, or dressing up a dead body, only for show. The deceitfulness of sinners' hearts appears in that they go down the streams of the sins of their own day, while they fancy that they should have opposed the sins of former days. We sometimes think, if we had lived when Christ was upon earth, that we should not have despised and rejected him, as men then did; yet Christ in his Spirit, in his word, in his ministers, is still no better treated. And it is just with God to give those up to their hearts' lusts, who obstinately persist in gratifying them. Christ gives men their true characters.

CONC:

God's Heaven Oath Seat Seated Sits Sitteth Sitting Swear Sweareth Swears Takes Thereon Throne

God's Heaven Oath Seat Seated Sits Sitteth Sitting Swear Sweareth Swears Thereon Throne

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