Matthew 5:41
Whoever compels you to go one mile, go with him two.
World English Bible
In The King James Version
And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.
In Context
40If anyone sues you to take away your coat, let him have your cloak also.
42Give to him who asks you, and don’t turn away him who desires to borrow from you.
Cross References
Mark 15:21They compelled one passing by, coming from the country, Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to go with them that he might bear his cross.
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 →