Translations
Louis Segond 1910
Que votre parole soit oui, oui, non, non; ce qu'on y ajoute vient du malin.
KJV
‹But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.›
‹But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.›
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