Matthew 5:41
And whoever will compel you to go one mile, go with him two.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.
In Context
40And to him that will go to law with you, and take away your coat, give your mantle also.
42Give to him that asks of you; and from him that would borrow of you, turn not away.
Cross References
Mark 15:21And they compelled one Simon, a Cyrenian, (the father of Alexander and Rufus,) who was passing by, coming in from the country, to bear his cross.
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 →