Matthew 5:39
But I say to you not to resist an evil person. But whoever shall slap you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also.
English Majority Text (NT)
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38“You have heard that it was said, ‘ An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’
40And to the one desiring to sue you and to take your tunic, let him have your cloak also.
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 →