Again you've heard that it was said...

But I tell you, don't take an oath at all: 

...

Do not swear by your head, because you cannot make a single hair white or black. 

But let your 'yes' mean 'yes,' and your 'no' mean 'no.' Anything more than this is from the evil one.

Matthew 5:34, 36-7 CSB

It must've been some kind of practice back in the day with people claiming all kinds of authority when making commitments, making all kinds of claims over areas that they had no power at all...and then Jesus says you can't even control whether your hair keeps it's colour or not!

So simplify your life. 

Don't get caught up in all these power claims of the world, you don't need them. 

This is about Jesus telling his audience (& us) that it's easy to get caught up in the way culture, society, those around us, the voices of our upbringing, what is popular at the moment, sways and influences us. 

The world around you says...but I [Jesus] say you don't have to be concerned like that, think like that, be like that. The Kingdom is here and its so much simpler. 

I wonder what things Jesus would say that about our culture, our world today?

"You've heard it said..."

"But I tell you..."

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