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32 But I say to you that everyone sending-away his wife except for a matter[a] of sexual-immorality is causing her to commit-adultery[b]. And whoever marries a woman having been sent-away [from her husband] is committing-adultery.

Some Say Do Not Break Your Oath. I Say Do Not Swear an Oath At All

33 “Again, you heard that it was said to the ancient ones, ‘You shall not break-your-oath[c], but you shall pay your oaths to the Lord’. 34 But I say to you not to swear-with-an-oath[d] at all—

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 5:32 Or, word, account.
  2. Matthew 5:32 Or, become-an-adulteress. That is, when she remarries.
  3. Matthew 5:33 Or, swear-falsely, make-false-oaths.
  4. Matthew 5:34 Or, affirm, confirm with an oath, such as saying ‘I swear by heaven...’.

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