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But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil. |
But let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’ For whatever is more than these is from the evil one. |
“But let your statement be, ‘Yes, yes’ or ‘No, no’; and anything beyond these is of evil (from the evil one). |
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Simply let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No’; anything beyond this comes from the evil one. |
Let your Yes be simply Yes, and your No be simply No; anything more than that comes from the evil one. |
but let your word be, Yes, Yes, No, No; and that which is more than these things is of the evil which is in active opposition to the good. |
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Whatever you have to say let your ‘yes’ be a plain ‘yes’ and your ‘no’ be a plain ‘no’ – anything more than this has a taint of evil. |
But your way of speaking must be a simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No.’ Anything beyond this comes from the evil one. |
But 1161 let your 5216 communication 3056 be, 2077 Yea, 3483 yea; 3483 Nay, 3756 nay: 3756 for 1161 whatsoever is more 4053 than these 5130 cometh 2076 of 1537 evil. 4190 |
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