Parallel Bible results for "matthew 5:34"

Matthew 5:34

The Message Bible MSG

34 You only make things worse when you lay down a smoke screen of pious talk, saying, 'I'll pray for you,' and never doing it, or saying, 'God be with you,' and not meaning it. You don't make your words true by embellishing them with religious lace. In making your speech sound more religious, it becomes less true.

New International Version NIV

34 But I tell you, do not swear an oath at all: either by heaven, for it is God’s throne;