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Matthew 5:33–35 | Jesus on Oaths: Let Your Yes Be Yes | Truthful Speech for Believers
Again, you have heard that it was said to those of old, “Do not falsely pledge,” But give to the Lord your oath. But I say to you, “Do not at all pledge, neither by the Heaven, because it is God’s throne, nor by the earth, because it is the stool of His feet, nor unto Jerusalem, because it is the city of the great king (Matthew 33–35).
Leviticus 19:12 instructs Israel not to make false pledges or profane the name of God. Because the Israelites were forbidden from taking the Lord’s name in vain (Exodus 20:7), oath-taking was a serious religious matter governed by the Torah. The Pharisees…
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