“He who swears by the temple, swears by it and by him who has been living in it.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Matthew 23 contains 39 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.