Mat 23:16 | RWP | e4.org | Ye blind guides ( οδηγο τυφλο ). Note omission of "Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites" with this third woe. In Jesus had already called the Pharisees "blind guides" (leaders). They split hairs about oaths, as Jesus had explained in , between the temple and the gold of the temple. He is a debtor ( οφειλε ). He owes his oath, is bound by his oath. A.V., is guilty , is old English, obsolete sense of guilt as fine or payment.

‏ Matthew 23:16

Ye blind guides ( οδηγο τυφλο ). Note omission of "Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites" with this third woe. In 15:14 Jesus had already called the Pharisees "blind guides" (leaders). They split hairs about oaths, as Jesus had explained in 5:33-37, between the temple and the gold of the temple.

He is a debtor ( οφειλε ). He owes his oath, is bound by his oath. A.V.,

is guilty, is old English, obsolete sense of guilt as fine or payment.