Matthew 5:41
and if a man compel thee one mile, go with him twain.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.
In Context
40And if any one will contend with thee to take away thy tunic, leave him thy mantle also;
42Give to him who asketh from thee, and him who would borrow from thee refuse not.
Cross References
Mark 15:21AND they constrained one who was passing, Shemun Kurinoia, who was coming from the field, the father of Alexander and of Rufus, to 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 →