Devine Scripture

Matthew 5:37

Matthew chapter 5 · verse 37 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.36Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, for thou canst not make one hair white or black.

v.37This passage

v.38Ye have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 2 Thessalonians 3:3

    But the Lord is faithful, who shall establish you, and guard you from the evil one.

  • Matthew 6:13

    And bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.

  • 1 John 5:18

    We know that whosoever is begotten of God sinneth not; but he that was begotten of God keepeth himself, and the evil one toucheth him not.

  • Colossians 3:9

    lie not one to another; seeing that ye have put off the old man with his doings,

  • 2 Corinthians 1:17

    When I therefore was thus minded, did I show fickleness? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be the yea yea and the nay nay?

  • 1 John 2:13

    I write unto you, fathers, because ye know him who is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the evil one. I have written unto you, little children, because ye know the Father.