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Matthew 5:37

37 Let what you say be simplyYes orNo’; vanything more than this comes from evil.7

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Matthew 5:37 — The New International Version (NIV)

37 All you need to say is simplyYesorNo’; anything beyond this comes from the evil one.

Matthew 5:37 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

37 But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.

Matthew 5:37 — New Living Translation (NLT)

37 Just say a simple,Yes, I will,’ orNo, I won’t.’ Anything beyond this is from the evil one.

Matthew 5:37 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

37 But let yourYesbeYes,’ and yourNo,’ ‘No.’ For whatever is more than these is from the evil one.

Matthew 5:37 — New Century Version (NCV)

37 Say only yes if you mean yes, and no if you mean no. If you say more than yes or no, it is from the Evil One.

Matthew 5:37 — American Standard Version (ASV)

37 But let your speech be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: and whatsoever is more than these is of the evil one.

Matthew 5:37 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

37 But let your word be Yea, yea; Nay, nay; but what is more than these is from evil.

Matthew 5:37 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

37 Simply say yes or no. Anything more than that comes from the evil one. 

Matthew 5:37 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

37 But let your wordyesbeyes,’ and yournobeno.’ Anything more than this is from the evil one.

Matthew 5:37 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

37 Let your word beYes, YesorNo, No’; anything more than this comes from the evil one.

Matthew 5:37 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

37 But let your statement be ‘Yes, yes; no, no,’ and anything beyond these is from the evil one.

Matthew 5:37 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

37 “Just let your ‘Yes’ mean ‘Yes.’ Let your ‘No’ mean ‘No.’ Anything more than this comes from the evil one.

Matthew 5:37 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

37 But let your statement be, ‘Yes, yesorNo, no’; anything beyond these is of evil.


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