Matthew 5:39 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

³⁹ But I tell you, don’t resist   an evildoer. On the contrary, if anyone slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁹ But I say to you, Do not resist the evil man [who injures you]; but if anyone strikes you on the right jaw or cheek, turn to him the other one too.

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁹ but I say unto you, Resist not him that is evil: but whosoever smiteth thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.

Common English Bible

³⁹ But I say to you that you must not oppose those who want to hurt you. If people slap you on your right cheek, you must turn the left cheek to them as well.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁹ But I say to you, do not resist one who is evil, but if anyone will have struck you on your right cheek, offer to him the other also.

Matthew 5:39 Cross References

1 Kings 22:24

Then Zedekiah  son of Chenaanah came up, hit Micaiah on the cheek, and demanded, ‘Did  the Spirit of the Lord leave me to speak to you? ’

Job 16:10

They open their mouths against me and strike my cheeks with contempt; they join themselves together against me.

Proverbs 20:22

Don’t say, ‘I will avenge this evil! ’ Wait on the Lord,  and he will rescue you.

Proverbs 24:29

Don’t say, ‘I’ll do to him what he did to me; I’ll repay the man for what he has done.’

Isaiah 50:6

I gave my back to those who beat me, and my cheeks to those who tore out my beard. I did not hide my face from scorn and spitting.

Lamentations 3:30

Let him offer his cheek to the one who would strike him; let him be filled with disgrace.

Leviticus 19:18

Do not take revenge  or bear a grudge against members of your community, but love your neighbour as yourself;  I am the Lord.

Micah 5:1

Now, daughter who is under attack, you slash yourself in grief; a siege is set against us! They are striking the judge  of Israel on the cheek with a rod.

Matthew 5:40

As for the one who wants to sue you and take away your shirt, let him have your coat as well.

Luke 22:64

After blindfolding him, they kept  asking, ‘Prophesy! Who was it that hit you? ’

Luke 6:7

The scribes and Pharisees were watching him closely,  to see if he would heal on the Sabbath, so that they could find a charge against him.

John 18:23

‘If I have spoken wrongly,’ Jesus answered him, ‘give evidence   about the wrong; but if rightly,   why do you hit me? ’

1 Corinthians 6:7

As it is, to have legal disputes against one another is already a defeat for you.  Why not rather be wronged?  Why not rather be cheated?

1 Thessalonians 5:15

See to it that no one repays evil for evil  to anyone,  but always pursue what is good for one another and for all.

Hebrews 12:4

In struggling against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.

James 5:6

You have condemned, you have murdered the righteous, who does not resist you.

1 Peter 3:9

not paying back evil for evil  or insult for insult but, on the contrary, giving a blessing,  since you were called for this, so that you may inherit a blessing.