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Mat 5:36 — Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

shalt		Mat 23:16-21
because		Mat 6:27; Luk 12:25

Correlating Passages

shalt

	Mat 23:16	Woe unto you, [ye] blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!
	Mat 23:17	[Ye] fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?
	Mat 23:18	And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.
	Mat 23:19	[Ye] fools and blind: for whether [is] greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?
	Mat 23:20	Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon.
	Mat 23:21	And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.

because

	Mat 6:27	Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
	Luk 12:25	And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?

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Scott, Thomas. "Matthew 5:36," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Mat/5/36.html>.

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