Matthew 5:39

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

But I tell you not to try to get even with a person who has done something to you. When someone slaps your right cheek, turn and let that person slap your other cheek.

Cross References

1 Kings 22:24

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

Job 16:10

Everyone is against me; they sneer and slap my face.

Proverbs 20:22

Don't try to get even. Trust the LORD, and he will help you.

Proverbs 24:29

or say to someone, “I'll get even with you!”

Isaiah 50:6

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

Lamentations 3:30

we can also learn from insults and hard knocks.

Leviticus 19:18

Stop being angry and don't try to take revenge. I am the LORD, and I command you to love others as much as you love yourself.

Micah 5:1

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

Matthew 5:40

If someone sues you for your shirt, give up your coat as well.

Luke 22:64

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

Luke 6:7

Some Pharisees and teachers of the Law of Moses kept watching Jesus to see if he would heal the man. They did this because they wanted to accuse Jesus of doing something wrong.

John 18:23

Jesus answered, “If I have done something wrong, say so. But if not, why did you hit me?”

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.

1 Thessalonians 5:15

Don't be hateful to people, just because they are hateful to you. Rather, be good to each other and to everyone else.

Hebrews 12:4

None of you have yet been hurt in your battle against sin.

James 5:6

You have condemned and murdered innocent people, who couldn't even fight back.

1 Peter 3:9

Don't be hateful and insult people just because they are hateful and insult you. Instead, treat everyone with kindness. You are God's chosen ones, and he will bless you. The Scriptures say,