Luke 6:29
And to one who striketh you on your cheek, offer to him the other: and whosoever taketh your cloak, forbid him not your coat also.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
In Context
28and bless those who execrate you, and pray for those who lead you by violence.
30To every one who asketh of you give; and from him who taketh of yours demand not (again).
Cross References
Matthew 5:39But I say unto you, that you shall not rise up against evil: but if any one strike thee on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.
Matthew 26:67Then did they spit in his face, and smote him; and others struck him,
John 18:22And as these (words) he spake, one of the officers who stood (by) struck Jeshu upon his cheek, and said to him, Thus givest thou the answer to the chief of the priests?
1 Corinthians 4:11Until this hour we hunger and thirst, we are naked and beaten and have no fixed dwelling;
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 →