Matthew 5:36
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You only make things worse when you lay down a smoke screen of pious talk, saying, ‘I’ll pray for you,’ and never doing it, or saying, ‘God be with you,’ and not meaning it. You don’t make your words true by embellishing them with religious lace. In making your speech sound more religious, it becomes less true. Just say ‘yes’ and ‘no.’ When you manipulate words to get your own way, you go wrong.
Copyright 2005 Eugene H. Peterson.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
And do not take an oath by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
And do not swear by your head, for you cannot make even one hair white or black.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Do not swear by your head, because you cannot make a single hair white or black.
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NLTNew Living Translation
Do not even say, ‘By my head!’ for you can’t turn one hair white or black.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
And do not swear by your head, because you are not able to make one hair white or black.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
KJV 1900King James Version
Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
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