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Matthew 5:37

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37All you need to say is simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’;u anything beyond this comes from the evil one.gv

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Footnotes

  1. gOr from evil

Cross references

  1. uJas 5:12
  2. vMt 6:13; 13:19, 38; Jn 17:15; Eph 6:16; 2 Th 3:3; 1 Jn 2:13, 14; 3:12; 5:18, 19

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Let what you say be simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything more than this comes from evil.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

But let your ‘yes’ mean ‘yes,’ and your ‘no’ mean ‘no.’ Anything more than this is from the evil one.

NLTNew Living Translation

Just say a simple, ‘Yes, I will,’ or ‘No, I won’t.’ Anything beyond this is from the evil one.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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

KJV 1900King James Version

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