Matthew 5:39
But I say unto you, That all of you resist not evil: but whosoever shall strike you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also.
Updated King James Version
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In Context
38All of you have heard that it has been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
40And if any man will sue you at the law, and take away your coat, let him have your cloak also.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:18You shall not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people, but you shall love your neighbour as yourself: I am the LORD.
1 Samuel 25:31That this shall be no grief unto you, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either that you have shed blood causeless, or that my lord has avenged himself: but when the LORD shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember yours handmaid.
1 Kings 22:24But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and stroke Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto you?
Job 31:29If I rejoice at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:
Proverbs 24:29Say not, I will do so to him as he has done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.
Lamentations 3:30He gives his cheek to him that strikes him: he is filled full with reproach.
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 →