He said to them, “Take nothing for your journey – no staff, no bag, no bread, no money, and do not take an extra tunic.

For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon!’

(For the Sadducees say there is no resurrection, or angel, or spirit, but the Pharisees acknowledge them all.)

They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not understand what they are saying or the things they insist on so confidently.

not to be easily shaken from your composure or disturbed by any kind of spirit or message or letter allegedly from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord is already here.

And above all, my brothers and sisters, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath. But let your “Yes” be yes and your “No” be no, so that you may not fall into judgment.

not by earth, because it is his footstool, and not by Jerusalem, because it is the city of the great King.

When morning came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink anything until they had killed Paul.

When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and a violent storm continued to batter us, we finally abandoned all hope of being saved.

Without father, without mother, without genealogy, he has neither beginning of days nor end of life but is like the son of God, and he remains a priest for all time.

“Do not damage the earth or the sea or the trees until we have put a seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God.”

After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth so no wind could blow on the earth, on the sea, or on any tree.

But I say to you, do not take oaths at all – not by heaven, because it is the throne of God,

Do not take an oath by your head, because you are not able to make one hair white or black.

For John the Baptist has come eating no bread and drinking no wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon!’

So do not let them persuade you to do this, because more than forty of them are lying in ambush for him. They have bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink anything until they have killed him, and now they are ready, waiting for you to agree to their request.”