Whatever became of answers like, “Yes” to the question “Are you an incorrigible liar?” If you think that your obedience to a set of regulations and your observation of a festival or holy day put you above the class of sinners you will have no short answers, for the simple reason that you need to tell five or six stories to be transparent.

But let your statement be, ‘Yes, yes’ or ‘No, no’; anything beyond these is of evil. (Matthew 5:37, NASB)