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St Matthew 5:31-36 Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision 1752 (DRC1752)

31. And it hath been said, Whoseoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a bill of divorce.

32. But I say to you, that whosoever shall put away his wife, excepting for the cause of fornication, maketh her to commit adultery: and he that shall marry her that is put away, committeth adultery.

33. Again you have heard that it was said to them of old, Thou shalt not forswear thyself: but thou shalt perform thy oaths to the Lord.

34. But I say to you not to swear at all, neither by heaven, for it is the throne of God:

35. Nor by the earth, for it is his footstool: nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great king:

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

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