Luke 6:29

Contemporary English Version 1995

If someone slaps you on one cheek, don't stop that person from slapping you on the other cheek. If someone wants to take your coat, don't try to keep back your shirt.

Cross References

Hebrews 10:34

You were kind to people in jail. And you gladly let your possessions be taken away, because you knew you had something better, something that would last forever.

2 Corinthians 11:20

In fact, you let people make slaves of you and cheat you and steal from you. Why, you even let them strut around and slap you in the face.

1 Corinthians 6:7

When one of you takes another to court, all of you lose. It would be better to let yourselves be cheated and robbed.

John 18:22

As soon as Jesus said this, one of the temple police hit him and said, “That's no way to talk to the high priest!”

Matthew 26:67

Then they spit in his face and hit him with their fists. Others slapped him

Lamentations 3:30

we can also learn from insults and hard knocks.

Isaiah 50:6

I let them beat my back and pull out my beard. I didn't turn aside when they insulted me and spit in my face.

1 Corinthians 4:11

Even today we go hungry and thirsty and don't have anything to wear except rags. We are mistreated and don't have a place to live.

Luke 22:64

They put a blindfold on him and said, “Tell us who struck you!”

Acts 23:2

Then Ananias the high priest ordered the men standing beside Paul to hit him on the mouth.

Micah 5:1

Jerusalem, enemy troops have surrounded you; they have struck Israel's ruler in the face with a stick.

2 Chronicles 18:23

Zedekiah walked over and slapped Micaiah on the face. Then he asked, “Do you really think the Lord would speak to you and not to me?”

2 Samuel 19:30

Mephibosheth replied, “He can have it all! I'm just glad you've come home safely.”

Luke 6:30

Give to everyone who asks and don't ask people to return what they have taken from you.