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Sermon on the Mount E14 \u2013 In Matthew 5:33-48, Jesus offers three case studies about how people can work together in spite of conflict. The first case study focuses on the ancient practice of oath keeping. By the time of Jesus, ancient Israelites no longer spoke the divine name of Yahweh out of respect, but they would still swear oaths by things closely related to God\u2014like the sky, land, temple, etc. Some people used these oaths as a loophole because they felt less serious to break (\u201cI only swore by the temple!\u201d). In this episode, Jon and Tim discuss Jesus\u2019 teaching on oaths, which demonstrates God\u2019s wisdom on the integrity of our words and the danger of even small deceptions.