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  • Matthew 5:37
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 37 Just let your word ‘Yes’ mean yes, your ‘No,’ no,+ for what goes beyond these is from the wicked one.+

  • Matthew 5:37
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 37 ἔστω Let be δὲ but ὁ the λόγος word ὑμῶν of YOU ναὶ yes ναί, yes, οὒ no οὔ· no; τὸ the δὲ but περισσὸν (thing) in excess τούτων of these ἐκ out of τοῦ the πονηροῦ wicked (one) ἐστίν. is.

  • Matthew 5:37
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 37 Just let YOUR word Yes mean Yes, YOUR No, No;+ for what is in excess of these is from the wicked one.*+

  • Matthew 5:37
    The Bible in Living English
    • 37 But let your language be yes, yes, no, no; anything in excess of this is so much of bad.

  • Matthew 5:37
    American Standard Version
    • 37 But let your speech be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: and whatsoever is more than these is of the evil one .

  • Matthew 5:37
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 37 But let your word be Yea, yea,—Nay, nay; And what goeth beyond these is of evil.

  • Matthew 5:37
    King James Version
    • 37 But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.

  • Matthew
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2025
    • 5:37 it-2 517-518; rr 85; w12 10/15 27-31; w90 10/1 14

  • Matthew
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 5:37 w82 8/1 29; w82 9/1 23; cj 195-197; w78 6/1 14; fl 136; g78 2/22 3-4; yy 178; w75 383; g75 7/22 27; w73 63; w72 30, 121; ad 869, 1238; te 71; w64 324; w63 268; g63 5/8 4; g62 8/8 4; w61 548; g61 4/8 27; g37 6/2 562

  • Matthew
    Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
    • 5:37

      Insight, Volume 2, pp. 517-518

      Pure Worship, pp. 85-87

      The Watchtower,

      10/15/2012, pp. 27-31

      10/1/1990, p. 14

  • Matthew Study Notes—Chapter 5
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 5:37

      what goes beyond these is from the wicked one: Any who feel compelled to go beyond a simple “yes” or “no” by continually swearing to what they say are basically revealing themselves to be untrustworthy. They manifest the spirit of Satan, “the father of the lie.”​—Joh 8:44.

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