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"Again you have heard that it was said to the men of old, 'You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform to the Lord what you have sworn.'
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But I say to you, Do not swear at all, either by heaven, for it is the throne of God,
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or by the earth, for it is his footstool, or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.
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And do not swear by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black.
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Let what you say be simply 'Yes' or 'No'; anything more than this comes from evil.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (Revised Standard Version)
