Luke 6:29
And to him who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also. And from him who takes away your coat, do not withhold even your tunic.
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In Context
28Bless those who curse you, and pray for those who slander you.
30But distribute to all who ask of you. And do not ask again of him who takes away what is yours.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 18:23Then Zedekiah, the son of Chenaanah, approached, and he struck Micaiah on the jaw, and he said: “In what way did the Spirit of the Lord depart from me, so that he would speak to you?”
Lamentations 3:30JOD. He shall give his cheek to those who strike him; he shall be saturated with reproaches.
Matthew 5:39But I say to you, do not resist one who is evil, but if anyone will have struck you on your right cheek, offer to him the other also.
Matthew 26:67Then they spit in his face, and they struck him with fists. And others struck his face with the palms of their hands,
John 18:22Then, when he had said this, one of the attendants standing nearby struck Jesus, saying: “Is this the way you answer the high priest?”
1 Corinthians 4:11Even to this very hour, we hunger and thirst, and we are naked and repeatedly beaten, and we are unsteady.
Matthew Henry on Luke 6:28-37
Exhortations to Justice and Mercy. 27 But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you, 28 Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you. 29 And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloak forbid not to take thy coat also. 30 Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again. 31 And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise. 32 For… Read the whole commentary →