Matthew 5:37
But let your communication be yea, yea, nay nay. For whatsoeuer is more then these, commeth of euyll.
Bible (Bishops')
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
36Neither shalt thou sweare by thy head, because thou canst not make one heere whyte or blacke.
38Ye haue hearde, that it is sayde, an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.
Cross References
Matthew 6:13And leade vs not into temptation, but delyuer vs from euyll. For thyne is the kyngdome, and the power, and the glory, for euer. Amen.
Matthew 13:38The fielde, is the worlde: & the good seede, they are the childre of ye kingdom: the tares, are the chyldren of ye wicked.
Colossians 3:9Lye not one to another, seyng that ye haue put of ye olde man with his workes:
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 →