{"id":4223,"date":"2024-03-07T09:02:14","date_gmt":"2024-03-07T09:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/?p=4223"},"modified":"2025-01-04T17:46:08","modified_gmt":"2025-01-04T17:46:08","slug":"what-jesus-said-about-the-swearing-of-an-oath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/what-jesus-said-about-the-swearing-of-an-oath\/","title":{"rendered":"What Jesus Said About The Swearing Of An Oath."},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4223-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/The-Swearing-Of-An-Oath.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/The-Swearing-Of-An-Oath.mp3\">https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/The-Swearing-Of-An-Oath.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>\u201cAgain, you have heard that it was said to those of old, <strong>\u2018You shall not swear falsely,<\/strong> but shall perform your oaths to the Lord.\u2019 But I say to you,<strong> do not swear at all<\/strong>: neither by heaven, for it is God\u2019s throne; nor by the earth, for it is His footstool; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.\u00a0Nor shall you swear by your head because you cannot make one hair white or black. But let your \u2018Yes\u2019 be \u2018Yes,\u2019 and your \u2018No,\u2019 \u2018No.\u2019 For whatever is more than these is from the evil one. <strong>Matthew 5: 33-37.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Woe unto you, you blind guides, which say, <strong>Whosoever shall swear<\/strong> by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever <strong>shall swear<\/strong> by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!\u00a0 You fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifies the gold?\u00a0 And, Whosoever<strong> shall swear<\/strong> by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever<strong> swears by<\/strong> the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.\u00a0 You fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift?\u00a0 Whosoever therefore shall <strong>swear<\/strong> by the altar, swears by it, and by all things thereon.\u00a0 And whosoever shall<strong> swear<\/strong> by the temple, swears by it, and by him that dwells therein.\u00a0 And he that shall <strong>swear<\/strong> by heaven,<strong> swears<\/strong> by the throne of God, and by Him that sits thereon. <strong>Matthew 23:16-22<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cAgain, you have heard that it was said to those of old, \u2018You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform your oaths to the Lord.\u2019 But I say to you, do not swear at all: neither by heaven, for it is God\u2019s throne; nor by the earth, for it is His footstool; nor by Jerusalem, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"slim_seo":{"title":"What Jesus Said About The Swearing Of An Oath. - Disciples of Christ","description":"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/The-Swearing-Of-An-Oath.mp3 \u201cAgain, you have heard that it was said to those of old, \u2018You shall not s"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gospel-themes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4223"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5883,"href":"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4223\/revisions\/5883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disciplesofchrist.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}