Matthew 5:36-38

Disciples’ Literal New Testament

³⁶ nor may you swear-with-an-oath by your head, because you are not able to make one hair white or black. ³⁷ But let your statement be, ‘Yes, yes’, [or] ‘No, no’. And the thing beyond these is from^[a] the evil one.

Some Say Avenge an Eye For an Eye. I Say Do Not Retaliate, But Do The Opposite

³⁸ “You heard that it was said, ‘An eye for^[b] an eye, and a tooth for a tooth’.