YOU HAVE HEARD AGAIN THAT IT WAS SAID TO THE ELDERS: “YOU WILL NOT PERJURE YOURSELF, BUT YOU WILL PRECISELY GIVE YOUR OATHS TO THE LORD”. BUT I TELL YOU NOT TO SWEAR AT ALL; NEITHER BY HEAVEN, FOR HE IS THE THRONE OF GOD; NOR BY THE EARTH, FOR IT IS THE FOOTSTOOL OF HIS FEET; NOR BY JERUSALEM, FOR IT IS THE CITY OF THE GREAT KING. YOU WON’T SWEAR BY YOUR HEAD EITHER, BECAUSE YOU CAN’T MAKE A HAIR WHITE OR BLACK. BUT LET YOUR WORD BE: YES, YES; NO, NO, NO; FOR WHAT IS MORE COMES FROM EVIL.