Matthew 5:39 - Tree of Life Version

³⁹ But I tell you, do not resist an evildoer. But whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn to him also the other.

More versions

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 approached Micaiah, struck him on the cheek and said, “Which way did the Ruach Adonai pass from me to speak to you?”

Job 16:10

People open their mouths against me; they strike my cheek in contempt; they unite together against me.

Proverbs 20:22

Do not say, “I will pay back evil!” Wait for Adonai, so He may deliver You.

Proverbs 24:29

Do not say, “I will do to him what he has done to me; I will pay him back for his deed!”

Isaiah 50:6

I gave My back to those who strike, and My cheeks to those pulling out My beard; I did not hide My face from humiliation and spitting.

Lamentations 3:30

Let him offer his cheek to the one who strikes him. Let him have his fill of disgrace.

Leviticus 19:18

You are not to take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am Adonai.

Micah 5:1

But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah— least among the clans of Judah— from you will come out to Me One to be ruler in Israel, One whose goings forth are from of old, from days of eternity.

Matthew 5:40

And the one wanting to sue you and to take your shirt, let him also have your coat.

Luke 22:64

They blindfolded Him and kept asking Him, saying, “Prophesy! Who is the one who hit You?”

Luke 6:7

But closely watching Him were the Torah scholars and Pharisees, to see if He heals on Shabbat, so that they might find grounds to accuse Him.

John 18:23

Yeshua answered him, “If I have spoken wrongly, give evidence of the wrong; but if rightly, why hit Me?”

1 Corinthians 6:7

Therefore, it is already an utter failure for you that you have lawsuits among yourselves. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated?

1 Thessalonians 5:15

See 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 bloodshed.

James 5:6

You have condemned, you have murdered the righteous person—he does not resist you.

1 Peter 3:9

Do not repay evil for evil or insult for insult, but give a blessing instead—it is for this reason you were called, so that you might inherit a blessing.