Matthew 5:37-39

EasyEnglish Bible

³⁷ Instead, when you make a promise, you should say only “Yes, I will do it.” Or you should say only “No, I will not do it.” If you say anything more than this, what you say is bad.^[a] It comes from Satan.’

Jesus teaches how to love people

³⁸ Jesus then said, ‘You also know that God's Law says: “If somebody destroys your eye, then you should destroy that person's eye. If somebody destroys your tooth, then you should destroy that person's tooth.” ³⁹ But what I tell you is this. If somebody does something bad to you, do not do anything against him.^[b] Somebody may slap you on one side of your face. Then you should also let him slap the other side of your face.