And, Whoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is a debtor!

Therefore whoever shall swear by the altar swears by it, and by all things on it.

And whoever shall swear by the temple, swears by it and by Him who dwells in it.

And he who shall swear by Heaven swears by the throne of God, and by Him who sits on it.

Then he began to curse and to swear, I do not know the man. And immediately the cock crowed.

saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while He was living, After three days I will rise again.

Listen! Behold, a sower went out to sow.

The sower sows the Word.

And he swore to her, Whatever you shall ask from me, I will give it to you, to the half of my kingdom.

The woman was a Greek, a Syro-phoenician by race. And she begged Him that He would cast the demon out of her daughter.

But he began to curse and to swear, saying, I do not know this man of whom you speak.

the oath which He swore to our father Abraham,

(This taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)

A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, the one fell by the roadside and was trampled; and the birds of the air devoured it.

Even the dust of your city which clings to us, we wipe off against you. Yet be sure of this, that the kingdom of God has come near you.

And when He rose up from prayer and had come to His disciples, He found them sleeping because of sorrow.

And coming near, the soldiers also mocked Him, and offering Him sour wine,

The woman said to Him, Sir, you have no vessel, and the well is deep. From where then do you have that living water?

The woman said to Him, Sir, give me this water, so that I may not thirst nor come here to draw.

The woman said to Him, Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet.

The nobleman said to Him, Sir, come down before my child dies.

The infirm man answered Him, Sir, when the water is troubled, I have no one to put me into the pool. But while I am coming, another steps down before me.

Then these came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and asked him, saying, Sir, we want to see Jesus.

But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart.

Truly, truly, I say to you that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. And you will be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.

And therefore you now have sorrow. But I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.

Then a vessel full of vinegar was set. And they filled a sponge with sour wine and put it upon hyssop, and put it to His mouth.

Then when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, It is finished! And He bowed His head and gave up the spirit.

Jesus said to her, Woman, why do you weep? Whom do you seek? Supposing Him to be the gardener, she said to Him, Sir, if you have carried Him away from here, tell me where you have laid Him and I will take Him away.

And they wrote these things by their hand: The apostles and elders and brothers send greeting to the brothers, from the nations in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia.

passing through Syria and Cilicia, making the churches strong.

And Paul having remained many days more, taking leave of the brothers, he sailed from there into Syria. And Priscilla and Aquila were with him. And Paul had shorn his head in Cenchrea, for he had a vow.

And spending three months there, there being a plot against him by the Jews, being about to sail into Syria, he proposed to return through Macedonia.

And sighting Cyprus, and leaving it on the left, we sailed into Syria, and came down to Tyre. For the ship was to unload its cargo there.

Therefore it is of faith so that it might be according to grace; for the promise to be made sure to all the seed, not only to that which is of the Law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all

And not being weak in faith, he did not consider his own body already dead (being about a hundred years old) or the deadening of Sarah's womb.

For this is the word of promise: "At this time I will come and Sarah shall have a son."

And I am sure that when I come to you, I shall come in the fullness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ.

And I wrote this to you, lest when I came I should have sorrow from the ones of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.

so that, on the contrary, you should rather forgive and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overwhelming sorrow.

Now He who supplies seed to the sower, and bread for eating, may He supply and multiply your seed, and increase the fruits of your righteousness

Then I went into the regions of Syria and of Cilicia,

For indeed he was sick, coming near death, but God had mercy on him, and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.

Nevertheless the foundation of God stands sure, having this seal: "The Lord knew those who are His." And, "Let everyone who names the name of Christ depart from iniquity!"

So I swore in My wrath, They shall not enter into My rest."

And to whom did He swear that they should not enter into His rest, but to those who did not believe?

For when God made promise to Abraham, because He could swear by no greater, He swore by Himself,

For men truly swear by the greater, and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.

which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which enters into that within the veil,

(for those priests were made without an oath, but this one was made with an oath by Him who said to Him, "The Lord swore and will not repent, You are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek,")

By faith also Sarah herself received strength to conceive seed and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged Him who had promised to be faithful.

But before all things, my brothers, do not swear; neither by the heaven nor by the earth, nor any other oath. But let your yes be yes, and your no, no, lest you fall into condemnation.

as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord; whose children you became, doing good and fearing no terror.

Therefore, brothers, rather be diligent to make your calling and election sure, for if you do these things, you shall never fall.

We also have a more sure Word of prophecy, to which you do well to take heed, as to a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the Daystar arises in your hearts,

And I said to him, Sir, you know. And he said to me, These are the ones who came out of the great tribulation and have washed their robes, and have whitened them in the blood of the Lamb.

and swore by Him who lives forever and ever, who created the heaven and the things in it, and the earth and the things in it, and the sea and the things in it, that there should no longer be time.

And the first went and poured out his vial on the earth. And a bad and grievous sore fell on the men who had the mark of the beast, and on those who worshiped his image.

As much as she has glorified herself and has lived in luxury, so much torment and sorrow give her. For she says in her heart, I sit as a queen, and I am not a widow; and I do not see mourning at all.