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Matthew 5:37 KJV
Matthew · chapter 5 · verse 37
But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.Matthew 5:37 · King James Version
Matthew 5:37 in context
35Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.
36Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
37But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
38Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
39But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
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Key words (Strong's)
- communicationlogosof speech, a word, uttered by a living voice, embodies a conception or idea, what someone…G3056 →
- comethesti"he/she/it is"G2076 →
- Nayouno, not in direct questions expecting an affirmative answerG3756 →
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We have here an exposition of the third commandment, which we are the more concerned right to understand, because it is particularly said, that God will not hold him guiltless, however he may hold himself, who breaks this commandment, by taking the name of the Lord in vain. Now as to this command, I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 33-37