en_tn_lite_do_not_use/mat/05/34.md

# General Information:

In Matthew 5:34-37, Jesus teaches that when people make a promise or when they say that something is true, they must not swear by anything. Some people were teaching that if a person swears by God that he will do something, then he must do it, but if he swears by something else, then it is less offensive if he does not do what he swore to do. Jesus says that swearing by heaven or earth or Jerusalem is just as serious as swearing by God because those things all belong to God.

# But I say

See how you translated this in [Matthew 5:22](../05/22.md).

# swear not at all

"do not swear at all" or "do not swear by anything"

# neither by heaven

"Do not swear by heaven"

# it is the throne of God

Because God reigns from heaven, Jesus speaks of heaven as if it were a throne. Alternate translation: "it is from here that God rules"