Matthew 5:37

In 9 translations

BSB

Simply let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’ Anything more comes from the evil one.Or from evil

KJV

But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.

WEB

But let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes’ and your ‘No’ be ‘No.’ Whatever is more than these is of the evil one.

ASV

But let your speech be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: and whatsoever is more than these is of the evil one.

LSV

but let your word be, Yes, Yes, No, No, and that which is more than these is of the evil [one].

YLT

but let your word be, Yes, Yes, No, No, and that which is more than these is of the evil.

DBY

But let your word be Yea, yea; Nay, nay; but what is more than these is from evil.

DRC

But let your speech be yea, yea: no, no: and that which is over and above these, is of evil.

GNV

But let your communication be Yea, yea: Nay, nay. For whatsoeuer is more then these, commeth of euill.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

ἔστω δὲ ὁ λόγος ὑμῶν ναὶ ναί, οὒ οὔ· τὸ δὲ περισσὸν τούτων ἐκ τοῦ πονηροῦ ἐστιν.

RP2018

Ἔστω δὲ ὁ λόγος ὑμῶν, ναὶ ναί, οὒ οὔ· τὸ δὲ περισσὸν τούτων ἐκ τοῦ πονηροῦ ἐστιν.

TR-Boyd

Ἔστω δὲ ὁ λόγος ὑμῶν, ναὶ ναί, οὒ οὔ· τὸ δὲ περισσὸν τούτων ἐκ τοῦ πονηροῦ ἐστιν.

SCR1894

εστω δε ο λογος υμων ναι ναι ου ου το δε περισσον τουτων εκ του πονηρου εστιν

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• James 5:12Above all, my brothers, do not swear, not by heaven or earth or by any other oath. Simply let your “Yes” be yes, and your “No,” no, so that you will not fall under judgment.
• Colossians 4:6Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.
• Colossians 3:9Do not lie to one another, since you have taken off the old self with its practices,
• 2 Corinthians 1:17–20When I planned this, did I do it carelessly? Or do I make my plans by human standards, so as to say “Yes, yes” when I really mean “No, no”? But as surely as God is faithful, our message to you is not “Yes” and “No.”…
• John 8:44You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native…
• Ephesians 4:25Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.
• 2 Thessalonians 3:3But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.
• Matthew 13:19When anyone hears the message of the kingdom but does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown along the path.
• Matthew 13:38The field is the world, and the good seed represents the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one,
• Matthew 6:13And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’
• 1 John 5:18We know that anyone born of God does not keep on sinning; the One who was born of God protects him, and the evil one cannot touch him.
• 1 John 2:13I am writing to you, fathers, because you know Him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I have written to you, children, because you know the Father.
• John 17:15I am not asking that You take them out of the world, but that You keep them from the evil one.
• 1 John 3:12Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain slay him? Because his own deeds were evil, while those of his brother were righteous.
• Matthew 15:19For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander.

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