Thou shalt not forswear thyself. Christ here proceeds to correct another false interpretation of the law. The law respecting oath…

By them of old time — This should be read as to them of old time, as before. Here again, the reference is to the letter o…

Again, you have heard that it has been said by them of old time, You shall not forswear yourself, but shall perform to the Lord your oaths: but…

Glossa Ordinaria: The Lord has until now taught to abstain from injuring our neighbor, forbidding anger with murder, lust with…

Jesus now cites an antithesis on a new theme. What the people have heard is not given as direct OT quotation but as a summary statement accurately …

You shall not perjure yourself. This also is not a correction of the law, but a true interpretation of it. For God condemned in the law no…

Again, you have heard that it has been said
Besides what has been observed, in ver. 21 and 27 you know it has also b…

There is no reason to consider solemn oaths in a court of justice, or on other proper occasions, to be wrong, provided they are taken with due reve…

Again you have heard that it was said to them of old, you shall not forswear yourself. Above, the Lord fulfilled one perm…