23 He swore to her, "Whatever you shall ask of me, I will give you, up to half of my kingdom."
Then said the king to her, What will you, queen Esther? and what is your request? it shall be given you even to the half of the kingdom.
The king said again to Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, What is your petition, queen Esther? and it shall be granted you: and what is your request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.
Saul swore to her by Yahweh, saying, As Yahweh lives, there shall no punishment happen to you for this thing.
Then he said, God do so to me, and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.
He said to him, "I will give you all of these things, if you will fall down and worship me."
but I tell you, don't swear at all: neither by heaven, for it is the throne of God; nor by the earth, for it is the footstool of his feet; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. Neither shall you swear by your head, for you can't make one hair white or black. But let your 'Yes' be 'Yes' and your 'No' be 'no.' Whatever is more than these is of the evil one.
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Commentary on Mark 6 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 6
A great variety of observable passages we have, in this chapter, concerning our Lord Jesus, the substance of all which we had before in Matthew, but divers circumstances we have, which we did not there meet with. Here is,
Mar 6:1-6
Here,
Mar 6:7-13
Here is,
Mar 6:14-29
Here is,
Note,
Mar 6:30-44
In there verses, we have,
Mar 6:45-56
This passage of story we had Mt. 14:22, etc., only what was there related concerning Peter, is omitted here. Here we have,