WOE TO YOU, BLIND GUIDES, WHO SAY: WHOEVER SWEARS BY THE TEMPLE IS NOTHING; BUT WHOEVER SWEARS BY THE GOLD OF THE TEMPLE IS OBLIGED. FOOLS AND BLIND! FOR WHO IS GREATER, OR GOLD, OR THE TEMPLE THAT SANCTIFIES GOLD? AND WHOEVER SWORE BY THE ALTAR IS NOTHING; BUT WHOEVER SWORE BY THE GIFT ON IT IS BOUND. BLIND! FOR WHO IS THE GREATEST, OR THE GIFT, OR THE ALTAR THAT SANCTIFIES THE GIFT? SO HE WHO SWEARS BY THE ALTAR, SWEARS BY THE ALTAR AND BY ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE ON IT; AND HE WHO SWEARS BY THE TEMPLE, SWEARS BY THE TEMPLE AND BY HIM WHO DWELLS THERE; AND HE WHO SWEARS BY HEAVEN, SWEARS BY THE THRONE OF GOD AND BY HIM WHO IS SITTING ON IT.