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32 But I say to you that awhoever divorces his wife for any reason except1 sexual 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.’  
34 But I say to you, ado not swear at all: neither by heaven, for it is bGod’s throne;  
35 nor by the earth, for it is His footstool; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of athe great King.  
36 Nor shall you swear by your head, because you cannot make one hair white or black.
37 aBut let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’ For whatever is more than these is from the evil one.  

Go the Second Mile

38 “You have heard that it was said, a‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’  
39 aBut I tell you not to resist an evil person. bBut whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also.  
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Matthew 5:34

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.




Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Matthew 5:34:

Matthew 5:42
Matthew 23:16
1 Corinthians 5:1
James 5:12
2 Peter 3:16
Revelation 4:2
Revelation 10:6

 

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