Matthew 5:39
But 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.
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In The King James Version
In Context
38You have heard that it was said: ‘An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.’
Cross References
Leviticus 19:18Do not seek revenge, neither should you be mindful of the injury of your fellow citizens. You shall love your friend as yourself. I am the Lord.
1 Samuel 25:31this will not be for you a regret or a scruple of the heart, my lord, that you had shed innocent blood, or had taken revenge for yourself. And when the Lord will have done well for my lord, you shall remember your handmaid.”
1 Kings 22:24Then Zedekiah, the son of Chenaanah, drew near and struck Micaiah on the jaw, and he said, “So then, has the Spirit of the Lord left me, and spoken to you?”
Job 31:29if I have been glad at the ruin of him who hated me and have exulted that evil found him,
Proverbs 24:29Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me.” I will repay each one according to his work.
Lamentations 3:30JOD. He shall give his cheek to those who strike him; he shall be saturated with reproaches.
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 →