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36 “Nor shall you swear by your head, because you cannot make one hair white or black.

37 “But let your communication be ‘Yes, yes. No, no.’ For whatever is more than these, comes from evil.

38 “You have heard that it has been said, ‘An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.”

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36 And do not swear by your head, for you cannot make even one hair white or black. 37 All you need to say is simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’;(A) anything beyond this comes from the evil one.[a](B)

Eye for Eye

38 “You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.’[b](C)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 5:37 Or from evil
  2. Matthew 5:38 Exodus 21:24; Lev. 24:20; Deut. 19:21