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-# Connecting Statement:
-
-Jesus continues speaking to the Pharisees and other people about himself.
-
 # Yes, and in your law
 
 The word "Yes" shows that Jesus is adding to what he was saying before.
 
 # it is written
 
-This is a passive phrase. You may translate it in an active form with a personal subject. Alternate translation: "Moses wrote" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])
+"Moses wrote" 
 
 # the testimony of two men is true
 
-The logic implied here is that one person can verify the words of another. Alternate translation: "if two men say the same thing, then people know it is true" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])
+"if two men say the same thing, then people know it is true"