5: 33 - 37; 23: 16 - 22. According to the Theological Dictionary of the New Testament, that “the inclination of the Jewish people to confirm all possible statements by an oath ” was very strong may be discerned from passages of the Talmud, which painstakingly specifies which oaths were to be considered binding and which were not.
Saskaņā ar kādu Bībeles vārdnīcu, to, cik spēcīga bija ” ebreju vēlme apstiprināt visus iespējamos apgalvojumus ar zvērestu ”, var redzēt Talmudā, kur sīki un detalizēti ir izklāstīts, kādi zvēresti ir saistoši un kādi ne (Theological Dictionary of the New Testament).