Again, ye have heard that it has been said to the ancients, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt render to the Lord what thou hast sworn.

And the king was sorry, but because he had sworn to do it, and because of the guests who were present, he ordered it to be given to her.

He therefore that hath sworn by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all that is upon it;

And, he that hath sworn by the Temple, sweareth by it, and by him who dwelleth therein;

And, he that hath sworn by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him who sitteth thereupon.

The woman was a foreigner, a native of Syrian Phoenicia--and she begged him to drive the demon out of her daughter.

And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian.

Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;

But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

And all that dwelt at Lydda and Saron saw him, and turned to the Lord.

And they were, more than forty, who, this sworn-confederacy, had formed.

For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.

And since this was not done without a sworn affirmation -- for the others have become priests without a sworn affirmation,

(for they are become priests without the swearing of an oath, but he with the swearing of an oath, by him who said, as to him, The Lord has sworn, and will not repent of it, Thou art priest for ever according to the order of Melchisedec;)