Matthew 5:40

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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

Cross References

Matthew 5:39

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.

Matthew 5:41

If a soldier forces you to carry his pack one kilometre, carry it two kilometres.

Luke 6:29

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.

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 Corinthians 7:36

But suppose you are engaged to someone old enough to be married, and you want her so much that all you can think about is getting married. Then go ahead and marry. There is nothing wrong with that.