36 Do not swear by your head, because you cannot make a single hair white or black. 37 But let your ‘yes’ mean ‘yes,’ and your ‘no’ mean ‘no.’ Anything more than this is from the evil one.(A)

Go the Second Mile

38 “You have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. 5:38 Ex 21:24; Lv 24:20; Dt 19:21

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