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Matthew 5:36-38
Revised Standard Version
Matthew 5:36-38
Revised Standard Version
36 And do not swear by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black. 37 Let what you say be simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything more than this comes from evil.[a]
Concerning Retaliation
38 “You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’
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- Matthew 5:37 Or the evil one
Revised Standard Version (RSV)
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