Matthew 5:39 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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.

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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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³⁹ But I say to you not to resist evil: but if one strike thee on thy right cheek, turn to him also the other:

Matthew 5:39 Cross References

1 Kings 22:24

Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went the spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee?

Job 16:10

They have gaped upon me with their mouth; They have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully: They gather themselves together against me.

Proverbs 20:22

Say not thou, I will recompense evil: Wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.

Proverbs 24:29

Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me; I will render to the man according to his work.

Isaiah 50:6

I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.

Lamentations 3:30

Let him give his cheek to him that smiteth him; let him be filled full with reproach.

Leviticus 19:18

Thou shalt not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.

Micah 5:1

Now shalt thou gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.

Matthew 5:40

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

Luke 22:64

And they blindfolded him, and asked him, saying, Prophesy: who is he that struck thee?

Luke 6:7

And the scribes and the Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath; that they might find how to accuse him.

John 18:23

Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil: but if well, why smitest thou me?

1 Corinthians 6:7

Nay, already it is altogether a defect in you, that ye have lawsuits one with another. Why not rather take wrong? why not rather be defrauded?

1 Thessalonians 5:15

See that none render unto any one evil for evil; but alway follow after that which is good, one toward another, and toward all.

Hebrews 12:4

Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin:

James 5:6

Ye have condemned, ye have killed the righteous one; he doth not resist you.

1 Peter 3:9

not rendering evil for evil, or reviling for reviling; but contrariwise blessing; for hereunto were ye called, that ye should inherit a blessing.