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