World English Bible
Matthew 5:36
“Neither shall you swear by your head, for you can't make one hair white or black.”
Verse in context — Matthew 5
34
but I tell you, don't swear at all: neither by heaven, for it is the throne of God;
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nor by the earth, for it is the footstool of his feet; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.
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Neither shall you swear by your head, for you can't make one hair white or black.
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But let your 'Yes' be 'Yes' and your 'No' be 'No.' Whatever is more than these is of the evil one.
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You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.
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