Matthew 5
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New American Standard Bible 1995

Matthew 5:36-39

36NorG3383 shall you makeG3660 an oathG3660 by your headG2776, for you cannotG1410G3756 makeG4160 oneG1520 hairG2359 whiteG3022 orG2228 blackG3189. 37But let your statementG3056 be, ‘YesG3483, yesG3483’ or ‘NoG3756, noG3756’; anything beyondG4053 theseG3778 is 1of 2evilG4190.

38“3You have heardG191 that it was saidG3004, ‘4An eyeG3788 for an eyeG3788, and a toothG3599 for a toothG3599.’ 39But I sayG3004 to you, do not resistG436 an evilG4190 person; but 5whoeverG3748 slapsG4474 you on your rightG1188 cheekG4600, turnG4762 the otherG243 to him alsoG2532.

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Notes

  1. 1. Matthew 5:37 Or from the evil one ↩
  2. 2. Matthew 5:37 Matt 6:13; 13:19, 38; John 17:15; 2 Thess 3:3; 1 John 2:13f; 3:12; 5:18f ↩
  3. 3. Matthew 5:38 Matt 5:21, 27, 33, 43 ↩
  4. 4. Matthew 5:38 Ex 21:24; Lev 24:20; Deut 19:21 ↩
  5. 5. Matthew 5:39 Matt 5:39-42: Luke 6:29, 30; 1 Cor 6:7 ↩

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