Matthew 5:37-39

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

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.” ³⁹ But I say to you, Do not resist an evildoer. But if anyone strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other also;