马太福音 5:37
But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
Context
This verse from 马太福音 Chapter 5 connects to 10 cross-references. 马可的四个撒种比喻:土壤(四种接受方式);灯放在灯台上(不可隐藏);种子自生自长(秘密临在);芥菜种从小到大。耶稣向门徒解释比喻;平息风浪:「你们为什么这样胆怯?你们还没有信心吗?」
其他译本
But let your speech be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: and whatsoever is more than these is of the evil one.
but let your word be, Yes, Yes, No, No, and that which is more than these is of the evil.
But let your words be simply, Yes or No: and whatever is more than these is of the Evil One.
交叉参考
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When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth …
The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children …
For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer …
I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the …
When I therefore was thus minded, did I use lightness? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according …
For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by …
Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;