36 Neither should you swear by your head, because you cannot make a single hair white or black. 37 But let your word ‘yes’ be ‘yes,’ and your ‘no’ be ‘no.’[a] Anything more than this is from the evil one.(A)

Go the Second Mile

38 “You have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.(B)[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 5:37 Say what you mean and mean what you say
  2. Matthew 5:38 Ex 21:24; Lv 24:20; Dt 19:21

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