But your way of speaking must be 'Yes' or 'No.' Anything that goes beyond that comes from the evil one.

He will not break off a bent reed, And he will not put out a smoldering wick, Until he carries his judgment to success.

For Herod had seized John and bound him and put him in prison, on account of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife,

Then the king said to his attendants, 'Bind him hand and foot and throw him out into the darkness, there to weep and grind his teeth.'

And they bound him and led him away and handed him over to Pilate the governor.