Matius 5:33-35

Oaths

5:33 “Again, you have heard that it was said to an older generation, ¹  ‘Do not break an oath, but fulfill your vows to the Lord.’ ²  5:34 But I say to you, do not take oaths at all – not by heaven, because it is the throne of God, 5:35 not by earth, because it is his footstool, and not by Jerusalem, ³  because it is the city of the great King.

[5:33]  ¹ tn Grk “the ancient ones.”

[5:33]  ² sn A quotation from Lev 19:12.

[5:35]  ³ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.