Matthew 5:37

2 Corinthians 1:17-20; Colossians 3:9; Colossians 4:6; Ephesians 4:25; James 5:12; John 8:44; Matthew 13:19; Matthew 15:19

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But let your communication - Your word; what you say. Be, Yea - Yes. This does not mean that we should always use the word “yea,” for it migh...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

But let your communication be, (t) Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of (u) evil. (t) Whatever you affirm, affirm it alon...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Oaths. Jesus sums up several OT passages, e.g. Exodus 20:7 ; Leviticus 19:12 ; Numbers 30:2 ; Deuteronomy 23:21-23 . The use of oaths and vow...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

37. But your speech shall be, Yes, yes; No, no Christ now prescribes, in the second place, a remedy; which is, that men act towards each oth...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil. Let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay -...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Again, ye have heard, &c.— As to oaths, the doctors affirmed, that they were obligatory, according to the nature of the things by which a man s...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil. But let your communication - `your word'...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Sermon on the Mount John 5:1 to John 7:29 . The Sermon on the Mount: see Luke 6:20 . This sermon is so similar to the sermon reported by S...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Let your communication. — One of the few instances in which our translators seem to have preferred a somewhat pedantic Latin word for the more lite...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

What a beautiful train of thoughts arise from those words of Jesus. Not only the prohibition of the Load to what is so highly unsuitable and offensiv...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But let your communication be yea, yea ,.... That is, let your speech, in your common conversation, and daily business of life, when ye answer to an...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil. Ver. 37. But let your communication be, Yea,...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

From every direction He attracted followers, Galilee mentioned first, but also Decapolis beyond the sea of Galilee, Jerusalem and Judea, and east of...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sermon Bible Commentary

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Sermon Bible Commentary

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay; for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil. Jesus introduces the subject as before, refer...
Wells of Living Water Commentary

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Let your conversation be yea, yea; nay, nay — That is, in your common discourse, barely affirm or deny.

³⁷ But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.

Related Commentaries of Matthew 5:37

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Matthew 5:37