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

²⁵ And which of you by being anxious can add a cubit unto the measure of his life?

²⁷ And which of you by being anxious can add one cubit unto the measure of his life?

¹⁶ Woe unto you, ye blind guides, that say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor.

¹⁷ Ye fools and blind: for which is greater, the gold, or the temple that hath sanctified the gold?

¹⁸ And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gift that is upon it, he is a debtor.

¹⁹ Ye blind: for which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?

²⁰ He therefore that sweareth by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon.

²¹ And he that sweareth by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.