Matthew 5:37
But let your word ‘Yes’ mean ‘Yes,’ and ‘No’ mean ‘No.’ For anything beyond that is of evil.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
In Context
38You have heard that it was said: ‘An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.’
Cross References
Matthew 6:13And lead us not into temptation. But free us from evil. Amen.
Matthew 13:38Now the field is the world. And the good seeds are the sons of the kingdom. But the weeds are the sons of wickedness.
John 8:44You are of your father, the devil. And you will carry out the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning. And he did not stand in the truth, because the truth is not in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks it from his own self. For he is a liar, and the father of lies.
2 Corinthians 1:17Then, although I had intended this, did I act lightly? Or in the things that I consider, do I consider according to the flesh, so that there would be, with me, both Yes and No?
Colossians 3:9Do not lie to one another. Strip yourselves of the old man, with his deeds,
2 Thessalonians 3:3But God is faithful. He will strengthen you, and he will guard you from evil.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 5:34-38
The Sermon on the Mount. 33 Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths: 34 But I say unto 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… Read the whole commentary →