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Some Say Do Not Break Your Oath. I Say Do Not Swear an Oath At All

33 “Again, you heard that it was said to the ancient ones, ‘You shall not break-your-oath[a], but you shall pay your oaths to the Lord’. 34 But I say to you not to swear-with-an-oath[b] at all— 35 neither by heaven, because it is the throne of God; nor by earth, because it is a footstool of His feet; nor with reference to Jerusalem, because it is the city of the great King;

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 5:33 Or, swear-falsely, make-false-oaths.
  2. Matthew 5:34 Or, affirm, confirm with an oath, such as saying ‘I swear by heaven...’.

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