Matthew 5:40 - Tree of Life Version

⁴⁰ And the one wanting to sue you and to take your shirt, let him also have your coat.

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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 resist an evildoer. But whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn to him also the other.

Matthew 5:41

Whoever forces you to go one mile, go with him two.

Luke 6:29

To the one who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also. And from the one who takes your cloak, do not hold back your shirt.

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 Corinthians 7:36

But if any man thinks that he is behaving inappropriately toward his virgin, if the time is ripe and it is meant to be, let him do what he decides. He does not sin. Let them marry.