Matthew 5:41 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

Whoever requires you to go one mile, [be willing to] go with him two miles. [Note: The Romans were permitted by law to require a Jew to carry their burden for one mile only].

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And if anyone forces you to go one mile, go with him two [miles].

American Standard Version (1901)

And whosoever shall compel thee to go one mile, go with him two.

Common English Bible

When they force you to go one mile, go with them two.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And whoever will have compelled you for one thousand steps, go with him even for two thousand steps.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And whosoever will force thee one mile, go with him other two,

Matthew 5:41 Cross References

Matthew 27:32

As they were leaving [i.e., probably the city of Jerusalem], they met a man from Cyrene [Note: This was a city in the northern African country of Libya]. His name was Simon and they forced him to go with them so he could carry Jesus’ cross [i.e., probably only the cross-beam portion].

Matthew 5:40

And if anyone takes you to court in order to take your shirt away from you, let him have your coat also [i.e., if he insists on it].

Matthew 5:42

Give to the person who asks you [for something], and do not refuse to lend to the person who wants to borrow something from you.

Mark 15:21

They forced a passerby, named Simon of Cyrene [Note: This was a city in the northern African country of Libya], the father of Alexander and Rufus, who was coming in from the countryside, to go with them so he could carry Jesus’ cross [i.e., probably only the cross-beam portion].

Luke 23:26

Then, as they were leading Jesus away, the soldiers [See Mark 15:16-21] grabbed hold of a man named Simon, from Cyrene [Note: This was a city in the northern African country of Libya], who was coming in from the countryside, and placed the cross [i.e., probably only the cross-beam portion] on him, so he could carry it while following Jesus.

2 Corinthians 5:14

For Christ’s love for us motivates us, because we have concluded that, [since] one person [i.e., Christ] died for all people, so then all people have died. [Note: This may mean simply that Christ died for all people, who were dead in their sins].