NEW TESTAMENT

Matthew 14:7

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Therefore he promised with an oath to give her whatever she should ask.

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Verse 7. He promised. Wicked promises and wicked oaths are not binding. That promise is wicked, in which the thing promised is wicked, and that oath is not binding, by which impiety is promoted. S. Isidore.

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