Matthew 5:35 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

³⁵ nor ‘by earth,’ for it is the footstool for His feet; nor ‘by Jerusalem,’ for it is the city of the great King [i.e., God].

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁵ nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁵ Or by the earth, for it is the footstool of His feet; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the Great King. [Ps. 48:2; Isa. 66:1.]

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁵ nor by the earth, for it is the footstool of his feet; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.

Common English Bible

³⁵ You must not pledge by the earth, because it’s God’s footstool. You must not pledge by Jerusalem, because it’s the city of the great king.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁵ nor by earth, for it is his footstool, nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great king.

Matthew 5:35 Cross References

Revelation 21:10

So, he transported me away in [i.e., under the influence of] the Holy Spirit, to a very high mountain and showed me the holy city Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God.

Revelation 21:2

And I [also] saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

Matthew 5:36

You should not take an oath, [saying] ‘by my head,’ for you cannot make a single hair white or black.

Acts 7:49

‘Heaven is my throne and the earth is my footrest. What kind of a house do you plan to build for me? the Lord asked. Or what sort of a place is suitable for me to rest in?