Matthew 5:39

James Moffatt - New Testament

But I tell you, you are not to resist an injury: whoever strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other to him as well;

Cross References

1 Thessalonians 5:15

see that none of you pays back evil for evil, but always aim at what is kind to one another and to all the world;

1 Peter 3:9

never paying back evil for evil, never reviling when you are reviled, but on the contrary blessing. For this is your vocation, to bless and to inherit blessing;

1 Corinthians 6:7

Even to have law-suits with one another is in itself evidence of defeat. Why not rather let yourselves be wronged? Why not rather let yourselves be defrauded?

James 5:6

you have condemned, you have murdered the righteous — unresisting.

Hebrews 12:4

You have not had to shed blood yet in the struggle against sin.

Luke 22:64

blindfolding him they would ask him, "Prophesy, tell us who struck you?"

Matthew 5:40

whoever wants to sue you for your shirt, let him have your coat as well;

Luke 6:7

and the scribes and Pharisees watched to see if he would heal on the sabbath, so as to discover some charge against him.

John 18:23

"If I have said anything wrong," replied Jesus, "prove it; if I said what was true, why strike me?"