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Matthew 5:37
But let your communication be, Yea, yea, Nay, nay: for whatever [is] more than these cometh of evil.
Matthew 5:37 · Webster Bible
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Matthew 5:37 in other translations
But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
Simply let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’ Anything more comes from the evil one.
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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In context
34 But I say to you, Swear not at all: neither by heaven; for it is God's throne:
35 Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King,
36 Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
37 But let your communication be, Yea, yea, Nay, nay: for whatever [is] more than these cometh of evil.
38 Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.
39 But I say to you, That ye resist not evil: but whoever shall strike thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
40 And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have [thy] cloke also.
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