Matthew 5:36

James Moffatt - New Testament

nor shall you swear by your head, for you cannot make a single hair white or black.

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Which of you can add an ell to his height by troubling about it?

Which of you can add an ell to his height by troubling about it?

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

Let what you say be simply 'yes' or 'no'; whatever exceeds that springs from evil.