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Matthew 5:36-38
New English Translation

36 Do not take an oath by your head, because you are not able to make one hair white or black. 37 Let your word be ‘Yes, yes’ or ‘No, no.’ More than this is from the evil one.[a]

Retaliation

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

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 5:37 tn The term πονηροῦ (ponērou) may be understood as specific and personified, referring to the devil, or possibly as a general reference to evil. It is most likely personified, however, since it is articular and how it fits into the surrounding context (τοῦ πονηροῦ, tou ponērou). Cf. also “the evildoer” in v. 39, which is the same construction.
  2. Matthew 5:38 sn A quotation from Exod 21:24; Lev 24:20.
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