Matthew 5:42
Give to him who asks thee, and turn thou not away from him who wants to borrow from thee.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
In Context
41And whoever will draft thee for one mile, go thou with him two.
43Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shall love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 15:7If there be with thee a poor man, one of thy brothers, within any of thy gates in thy land which LORD thy God gives thee, thou shall not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy poor brother,
Psalms 37:21The wicked man borrows, and pays not again, but the righteous man deals graciously, and gives.
Psalms 112:5It is well with the man who deals graciously and lends. He shall maintain his cause in judgment,
Proverbs 11:24There is he who scatters, and increases yet more, and there he is who withholds more than is proper, but only to want.
Ecclesiastes 11:1Cast thy bread upon the waters, for thou shall find it after many days.
Isaiah 58:6Is not this the fast that I have chosen: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?
Matthew Henry on Matthew 5:39-43
The Sermon on the Mount. 38 Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: 39 But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. 40 And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also. 41 And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain. 42 Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away. In these verses the law… Read the whole commentary →