Luke 6:29
To the one hitting you on the cheek, offer also the other, and from the one taking away your kaftan (coat), also the tunic and gartel do not withhold.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
28Say a bracha for the ones cursing you, daven for the ones mistreating you.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 18:23Then Tzidkiyahu ben Kena'anah came near, and struck Mikhay'hu upon the lechi (cheek), and said, Which way went the Ruach Hashem from me to speak unto thee?
Lamentations 3:30He offereth his lekhi (cheek) to him that striketh him; 1 he is filled full with reproach. + 3:30 Isa 50:6 1
Matthew 5:39But I say to you, Do not set yourself against the rasha (evil person), but whoever hits you on your right cheek, turn to him also the other cheek.
Matthew 26:67Then they spat into his face and they struck him and they slapped him,
John 18:22But these things having said, one of the mesharetim, one standing nearby, struck Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, saying, Is this the way to answer the Kohen Gadol? + 18:22 Ex 22:27
1 Corinthians 4:11Until the present sha'ah (hour) we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are beaten and homeless.
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 →