Matthew 5:40
If anyone wishes to go to court with you and takes away your coat, let that person also have your cloak.
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloke also.
In Context
41Whoever compels you to go one mile, go with him two.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 6:7The fact that there are any disputes at all between Christians is already a defeat for you. Why not rather suffer the wrong? Why not rather allow yourselves to be cheated?
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 →