Matthew 5:39

But Y seie to you, that ye ayenstonde not an yuel man; but if ony smyte thee in the riyt cheke, schewe to him also the tothir;

Bible (Wycliffe)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

38Ye han herd that it hath be seid, Iye for iye, and tothe for tothe.

40and to hym that wole stryue with thee in doom, and take awey thi coote, leeue thou `to him also thi mantil;

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Cross References

Leviticus 19:18Thou schalt not seke veniaunce, nether thou schalt be myndeful of the wrong of thi cyteseyns; thou schalt loue thi freend as thi silf; Y am the Lord.

1 Kings 22:24Forsothe Sedechie, sone of Canaan, neiyede, and smoot Mychee on the cheke, and seide, Whether the Spirit of the Lord forsook me, and spak to thee?

Job 31:29if Y hadde ioye at the fallyng of hym, that hatide me, and if Y ioide fulli, that yuel hadde founde hym;

Proverbs 24:29Seie thou not, As he dide to me, so Y schal do to him, and Y schal yelde to ech man aftir his werk.

Lamentations 3:30Joth. He schal yyue the cheke to a man that smytith hym; he schal be fillid with schenschipis.

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