New Testament · SCRIPTURE
Matthew 5:37
Compare this verse across Bible translations. BLB includes New Testament text only (publisher draft).
Berean Standard Bible
Simply let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’ Anything more comes from the evil one.
King James Version
But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
World English Bible
But let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes’ and your ‘No’ be ‘No.’ Whatever is more than these is of the evil one.
American Standard Version
But let your speech be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: and whatsoever is more than these is of the evil [one].
Berean Literal Bible
But let your⁺ word ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ [and] ‘No,’ ‘No.’ And that which [is] more than these comes from the evil [one].
READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
Matthew 5
35 or by the earth, for it is His footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.
36 Nor should you swear by your head, for you cannot make a single hair white or black.
37 Simply let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’ Anything more comes from the evil one.
38 You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye and tooth for tooth.’
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