Matthew 5:39
But I say to you: Resist not evil; but if a person smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
38Ye have heard that it hath been said: An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.
40And if one is disposed to sue thee and get away thy coat, relinquish to him also thy cloak.
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 →