Matthew 5:40 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

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].

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴⁰ And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloke also.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴⁰ And if anyone wants to sue you and take your undershirt (tunic), let him have your coat also.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴⁰ And if any man would go to law with thee, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also.

Common English Bible

⁴⁰ When they wish to haul you to court and take your shirt, let them have your coat too.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴⁰ And anyone who wishes to contend with you in judgment, and to take away your tunic, release to him your cloak also.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴⁰ And if a man will contend with thee in judgment, and take away thy coat, let go thy cloak also unto him.

Matthew 5:40 Cross References

Matthew 5:39

But I tell you, do not offer resistance to an evil person, but whoever hits you on the right side of the face, allow him [to hit you] on the other side also.

Matthew 5:41

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].

Luke 6:29

Whoever hits you on one side of the face, allow him [to hit you on] the other side also; and when someone takes away your coat, do not stop him from also taking away your shirt [i.e., if he insists on it].

1 Corinthians 6:7

Indeed, the fact that you have lawsuits with one another is [evidence of] a complete failure among you. Why should you not rather take the wrong? Why should you not rather accept being cheated?

1 Corinthians 7:36

But if any man thinks he is [being tempted to] behave improperly toward his virgin [fiancée], and she is past prime [marriageable] age, and feels the need [to get married] [Note: The Greek says “and so it has to be”], he should do what he wants; they should get married --- that man has not sinned.