³⁷ But let your ‘yes’ mean ‘yes,’ and your ‘no’ mean ‘no.’ Anything more than this is from the evil one.^(A)

¹⁹ When anyone hears the word about the kingdom and doesn’t understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the one sown along the path.^(A)

³⁸ the field is the world; and the good seed—these are the children of the kingdom. The weeds are the children of the evil one,^(A)

¹⁵ I am not praying that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one.^(A)

¹⁶ In every situation take up the shield^(A) of faith^(B) with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.^(C)

¹² unlike Cain,^(A) who was of the evil one^(B) and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his deeds were evil, and his brother’s were righteous.

Conclusion

¹⁸ We know that everyone who has been born of God does not sin, but the one who is born of God keeps him,^[a](A) and the evil one does not touch him. ¹⁹ We know that we are of God, and the whole world is under the sway of the evil one.