Matthew 5:37
But let your discourse be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay; for whatsoever is more than these is from the evil.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
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 hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.
Cross References
Matthew 6:13and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil. For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory to the age of ages.
Matthew 13:38The field is the world. Now, the good seed are the sons of the kingdom, but the zizania are the sons of the evil one.
John 8:44You are from your father the accuser, and the desires of your father you are willing to do. He from the beginning was the killer of men, and in the truth he stood not; therefore the truth is not in him. And when he speaketh a lie, of his own he speaketh, because of falsity he is also the father.
2 Corinthians 1:17This then that I have purposed, have I purposed boastingly? or are they things of the flesh that I purpose, that I should have in them Yes, yes, or No, no?
Colossians 3:9and lie not one to another, but put off the old man with all his manners,
2 Thessalonians 3:3But the Lord is faithful, who will keep you and deliver 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 →