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Matthew 5:36-38
New Century Version
Matthew 5:36-38
New Century Version
36 Don’t even swear by your own head, because you cannot make one hair on your head become white or black. 37 Say only yes if you mean yes, and no if you mean no. If you say more than yes or no, it is from the Evil One.
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38 “You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.’[a]
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- 5:38 ‘An eye . . . tooth.’ Quotation from Exodus 21:24; Leviticus 24:20; Deuteronomy 19:21.
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