Matthew 5:37
But let your word be ‘Yes’, ‘yes,’ or ‘No,’ ‘no.’ For whatever is more than these is from the evil one. 1 Concerning Retaliation
English Majority Text (NT)
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
36Nor shall you swear by your head, because you are not able to make one hair white or black.
38“You 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, 1 But deliver us from the evil one. 1 For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
Matthew 13:38And the field is the world, and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom, but the tares are the sons of the evil one.
John 8:44You are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father you desire to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has not stood in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar, and the father of lies.
2 Corinthians 1:17Therefore, when I decided this, did I do it lightly? Or the things I decide, do I decide according to the flesh, that there may be with me “Yes, Yes,” and “No, No?”
Colossians 3:9Do not lie to one another, since you have laid aside the old man with his practices,
2 Thessalonians 3:3But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you and will guard you from the evil one.
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 →