Luke 6:29
If anyone strikes yoʋ on one cheek, offer him the other also. If anyone takes away yoʋr cloak, do not withhold yoʋr tunic from him either.
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28bless those who curse you, and pray for those who mistreat you.
30Give to everyone who asks of yoʋ, and if anyone takes away yoʋr belongings, do not demand them back.
Cross References
Matthew 5:39But I say to you, do not resist one who is evil. Rather, if anyone slaps yoʋ on yoʋr right cheek, turn to him the other also.
Matthew 26:67Then they spit in his face and struck him. Others slapped him,
John 18:22When Jesus said this, one of the officers standing nearby slapped him and said, “Is that how yoʋ answer the high priest?”
1 Corinthians 4:11To the present hour we hunger and thirst; we are poorly clothed and beaten down, with no home of our own.
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 →