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But you should just say 'yes' [when you mean] yes, and 'no' [when you mean] no. Whatever you say beyond these [i.e., enforcing them by oaths] is of the evil one [i.e., the devil].

Verse ConceptsConsistencyevil, origins ofAffirmative ActionSatan, As DeceiverSatan, As TempterSpeech, Positive Aspects OfConversationSpeaking, EvilAssentingDissentNot Swearing OathsAdding EvilThe Entrance Of SinSwearingSpeech

[Herod was so pleased with her performance that] he promised, with an oath, to give her whatever she asked for [i.e., with limitations. See Mark 6:23].

Verse ConceptsGiving To OthersPeople Promising

Do you not realize that whatever enters a person's mouth goes into his stomach and [eventually] passes out into the toilet?

Verse ConceptsStomachsEntering The MouthDefecationOther References To MouthsSexual Purityorganizationprocess

[And] I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven [i.e., for opening up the way into it]. And whatever [truth] you [and the other apostles. See 18:18] require [people to believe and practice] here on earth will have already been required of them [by God] in heaven. And whatever [truth] you do not require [of people] on earth, will not be required [by God] in heaven."

Verse ConceptsExcommunicationequipping, physicalKeysKingdom Of HeavenBelonging To HeavenTying Uporganization

Truly I tell you, whatever [truth] you disciples require [of people to believe and obey] on earth will have [already] been required [by God] in heaven. And whatever [truth] you do not require [of people to believe and obey] on earth, will not have [already] been required [by God] in heaven.

Verse ConceptsBelonging To HeavenTying UpEarthmath

He said to them, 'You men also go and work in my vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right.' So, they went to work.

Verse ConceptsServants, Working Conditions OfMetaphorical Vineyards

Now at the [Passover] Festival, the governor was accustomed to releasing whatever prisoner the crowd wanted.

Verse ConceptsCrowds SeekingOnly One PersonPeople Releasing Others