Matthew 5:36

KJV1611 – Modern English

Nor shall you swear by your head, because you cannot make one hair white or black.

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  • Luke 12:25 : 25 And which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?
  • Matt 6:27 : 27 Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?
  • Matt 23:16-21 : 16 Woe to you, blind guides, who say, Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is obligated! 17 Fools and blind: for which is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifies the gold? 18 And, Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is guilty. 19 Fools and blind: for which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift? 20 Therefore, whoever swears by the altar, swears by it and by all things on it. 21 And whoever swears by the temple, swears by it and by him that dwells in it.

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