Luke 6:29
and to him striking you on the cheek, give also the other, and from him taking away from you the mantle, also the coat you may not keep back.
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In Context
28bless those cursing you, pray for those maligning you;
Cross References
2 Chronicles 18:23And Zedekiah son of Chenaanah comes near and strikes Micaiah on the cheek, and says, “Where [is] this—the way the spirit [from] YHWH passed over from me to speak with you?”
Lamentations 3:30He gives to his striker the cheek, || He is filled with reproach.
Matthew 5:39but I say to you not to resist the evil, but whoever will slap you on your right cheek, turn to him also the other;
Matthew 26:67Then they spit in His face and punched Him, and others slapped,
John 18:22And He having said these things, one of the officers standing by gave Jesus a slap, saying, “Thus do You answer the chief priest?”
1 Corinthians 4:11to the present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are battered, and wander,
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 →