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Matthew 5:36

World English Bible

Neither shall you swear by your head, for you can’t make one hair white or black.

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Matthew 5:36 in other translations

Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, for thou canst not make one hair white or black.

Matthew 5:36 · American Standard Version

Matthew 5:36 in context

  1. 34but I tell you, don’t swear at all: neither by heaven, for it is the throne of God;
  2. 35nor by the earth, for it is the footstool of his feet; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.
  3. 36Neither shall you swear by your head, for you can’t make one hair white or black.
  4. 37But let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes’ and your ‘No’ be ‘No.’ Whatever is more than these is of the evil one.
  5. 38“You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.’