Matthew 5:36 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

³⁶ Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁶ Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁶ And do not swear by your head, for you are not able to make a single hair white or black.

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁶ Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, for thou canst not make one hair white or black.

Common English Bible

³⁶ And you must not pledge by your head, because you can’t turn one hair white or black.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁶ Neither shall you swear an oath by your own head, because you are not able to cause one hair to become white or black.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³⁶ Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.

Matthew 5:36 Cross References

Matthew 5:35

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

Matthew 5:37

But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.

Matthew 6:27

Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?

Luke 12:25

And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?