Matthew 5:42
Give thou to him that asketh of thee, and turn thou not away from him that will borrow of thee. (Give to him who asketh of thee, and do not turn away from him who desireth to borrow from thee.)
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
In Context
41and whoever constraineth thee (to go) a thousand paces, go thou with him (an)other twain.
43Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 15:7If one of thy brethren that dwell within the gates of thy city, in the land which thy Lord God shall give to thee, cometh to poverty, thou shalt not make hard thine heart, neither thou shalt withdraw thine hand (from him),
Psalms 37:21A sinner shall borrow, and shall not pay (back); but a just man hath mercy, and shall give, (or but the righteous have love, and shall give to others).
Psalms 112:5The man is merry, that doeth mercy, and lendeth; he disposeth his words in doom; (Happy is the person who giveth favour when he lendeth; he disposeth his deeds with justice, or with good judgement;)
Proverbs 11:24Some men part their own things, and be made richer; other men ravish things, that be not theirs, and they be ever in neediness. (Some people share their own things, and grow richer; other people steal things, that be not theirs, and still they always be in need.)
Ecclesiastes 11:1Send thy bread [up] on waters passing forth, for after many times thou shalt find it. (Send thy bread upon the water, and after a time, thou shalt receive it back, and more along with it.)
Isaiah 58:6Whether not this is more the fasting, which I choose? Unbind thou the bindings together of unpity, either of cruelty, release thou [the] burdens pressing down; deliver thou them free, that be broken, and break thou each burden. (Rather, is not this the fast, which I would choose? To unbind the bindings up of pitilessness, or of cruelty, to release the burdens of oppression, to set free those who be broken, and to break each burden.)
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 →