Matthew 5:35
World English Bible
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32 but I tell you that whoever who puts away his wife, except for the cause of sexual immorality, makes her an adulteress; and whoever shall marry her when she is put away commits adultery.
33 "Again you have heard that it was said to them of old time, `You shall not make false vows, but shall perform to the Lord your vows,`
34 but I tell you, don`t swear at all: neither by heaven, for it is the throne of God;
35 nor by the earth, for it is the footstool of his feet; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.
36 Neither shall you swear by your head, for you can`t make one hair white or black.
37 But let your speech be, `Yes, yes; No, no.` Whatever is more than these is of the evil one.
38 You have heard that it was said, `An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.`