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Matthew 5:36-38
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Matthew 5:36-38
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
36 And do not swear by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black. 37 Let your word be ‘Yes, Yes’ or ‘No, No’; anything more than this comes from the evil one.[a]
Concerning Retaliation
38 “You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’(A)
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- 5.37 Or evil
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