32But I say to you that awhoever divorces his wife for any reason except1sexual immorality causes her to commit adultery; and whoever marries a woman who is divorced commits adultery.
Jesus Forbids Oaths
33“Again you have heard that ait was said to those of old, b‘You shall not swear falsely, but cshall perform your oaths to the Lord.’
34But I say to you, ado not swear at all: neither by heaven, for it is bGod’s throne;
35nor by the earth, for it is His footstool; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of athe great King.
36Nor shall you swear by your head, because you cannot make one hair white or black.
Swear not at all (mh omosai olwv). More exactly "not to swear at all" (indirect command, and aorist infinitive). Certainly Jesus does not prohibit oaths in a court of justice for he himself answered Caiaphas on oath. Paul made solemn appeals to God (I Thessalonians 5:27; I Corinthians 15:31). Jesus prohibits all forms of profanity. The Jews were past-masters in the art of splitting hairs about allowable and forbidden oaths or forms of profanity just as modern Christians employ a great variety of vernacular "cuss-words" and excuse themselves because they do not use the more flagrant forms.
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