Matthew 5:40

"and if any one wants to go to law with you and takes away your coat, let him take your cloak also.

Montgomery New Testament

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

39"But I tell you not to retaliate the injury; but whoever strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other to him also;

41"Whoever impresses you to go one mile, go two miles with him.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 6:7Indeed, to say nothing more, the fact that you have lawsuits with one another is altogether a defect in you. Why not rather suffer injustice? Why not rather endure being 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 →

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