Mat 5:33-37 | ESV | STEP | Again you have heard that it was said to those of old , You shall not swear falsely , but shall perform to the Lord what you have sworn .

a[See ver. 27 above]

Matthew 5:33-37

Oaths

33 “Again ^ayou have heard that it was said to those of old, ^b‘You shall not swear falsely, but ^cshall perform to the Lord what you have sworn.’ 34 But I say to you, ^dDo not take an oath at all, either by heaven, for ^eit is the throne of God, 35 or by the earth, for it is his footstool, or by Jerusalem, for it is ^fthe city of the great King. 36 And do not take an oath by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black. 37 Let what you say be simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; ^ganything more than this comes from evil. ^{▼▼Or the evil one}