Matthew 5:34 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised But I tell you, don’t take an oath at all: either by heaven, because it is God’s throne; Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 but I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But I tell you, Do not bind yourselves by an oath at all: either by heaven, for it is the throne of God; American Standard Version (1901) but I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by the heaven, for it is the throne of God; Common English Bible But I say to you that you must not pledge at all. You must not pledge by heaven, because it’s God’s throne. Catholic Public Domain Version But I say to you, do not swear an oath at all, neither by heaven, for it is the throne of God, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But I say to you not to swear at all, neither by heaven, for it is the throne of God: |
Everything is the same for everyone: There is one fate for the righteous and the wicked, for the good and the bad, for the clean and the unclean, for the one who sacrifices and the one who does not sacrifice. As it is for the good, so also it is for the sinner; as it is for the one who takes an oath, so also for the one who fears an oath.
For the High and Exalted One, who lives for ever, whose name is holy, says this: ‘I live in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and lowly of spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the oppressed.
This is what the Lord says: Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool. Where could you possibly build a house for me? And where would my resting place be?
Heaven is my throne, and the earth my footstool. What sort of house will you build for me? says the Lord, or what will be my resting place?
Above all, my brothers and sisters, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath. But let your ‘yes’ mean ‘yes,’ and your ‘no’ mean ‘no,’ so that you won’t fall under judgement.