<Dd> But let your' Yes' be' Yes' and your' No' be' No .' </Dd> <Dd> Whatever is more than these is of the evil one . </Dd> <P> For a collection of other versions see BibRef Matthew 5: 37 </P> <P> The exact meaning of this verse is much disputed . One reading is that one should simply answer requests with yes or no, and that anything extra, such as oaths, results in evil . This is very similar to a passage at James 5: 12, which quite clearly has this meaning . For the Christian a simple yes or no should be sufficient, no oaths are required as they are to be trusted even without them . This is the most common understanding, and the WEB translation makes this view explicit . </P>

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