Matthew 5:39
but I — I say to you, not to resist the evil, but whoever shall slap thee on thy right cheek, turn to him also the other;
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
38'Ye heard that it was said: Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth;
40and whoever is willing to take thee to law, and thy coat to take — suffer to him also the cloak.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:18'Thou dost not take vengeance, nor watch the sons of thy people; and thou hast had love to thy neighbour as thyself; I [am] Jehovah.
1 Samuel 25:31that this is not to thee for a stumbling-block, and for an offence of heart to my lord — either to shed blood for nought, or my lord's restraining himself; and Jehovah hath done good to my lord, and thou hast remembered thy handmaid.'
1 Kings 22:24And Zedekiah son of Chenaanah draweth nigh, and smiteth Micaiah on the cheek, and saith, 'Where [is] this — he hath passed over — the Spirit of Jehovah — from me to speak with thee?'
Job 31:29If I rejoice at the ruin of my hater, And stirred up myself when evil found him,
Proverbs 24:29Say not, 'As he did to me, so I do to him, I render to each according to his work.'
Lamentations 3:30He giveth to his smiter the cheek, He is filled 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 →