Matthew 5:41
And whoever will have compelled you for one thousand steps, go with him even for two thousand steps.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.
In Context
42Whoever asks of you, give to him. And if anyone would borrow from you, do not turn away from him.
Cross References
Mark 15:21And they compelled a certain passerby, Simon the Cyrenian, who was arriving from the countryside, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to take up 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 →