Luke 6:29

The Passion Translation

To those who despise you, continue to serve them and minister to them. If someone takes away your coat, give him as a gift your shirt as well.

Cross References

Hebrews 10:34

You sympathized with those in prison and when all your belongings were confiscated you accepted that violation with joy; convinced that you possess a treasure growing in heaven that could never be taken from you.

2 Corinthians 11:20

You actually allow these imposters to put you into bondage, take complete advantage of you, and rob you blind! How easily you endure those who, in their arrogance, destroy your dignity or even slap you in the face.

1 Corinthians 6:7

Don’t you realize that when you drag another believer into court you’re providing the evidence that you are already defeated? Wouldn’t it be better to accept the fact that someone is trying to cheat and take advantage of you, and simply choose the high road? At times it is better to just accept injustice and even to let someone take advantage of you, rather than to expose our conflicts publicly before unbelievers.

John 18:22

Just then one of the guards standing near Jesus punched him in the face with his fist and said, “How dare you answer the high priest like that!”

Matthew 26:67

Then they spat on his face and slapped him. Others struck him over and over with their fists.

Lamentations 3:30

Offer a cheek to the one who would strike you, and learn to endure insults.

Isaiah 50:6

I offered my back to those who flogged me and my cheek to those who tore out my beard. I never hid my face from demeaning insults or from those who spit on me.

1 Corinthians 4:11

If you could see us now, you’d find that we are hungry and thirsty, poorly clothed, brutally treated, and with no roof over our heads.

Luke 22:64

They also made fun of him, blindfolding him and slapping his face and saying, “Prove that you are a prophet and tell us which one of us hit you!”

Acts 23:2

At that moment, Ananias the high priest ordered those standing near Paul to strike him in the mouth.

Luke 6:30

When someone comes to beg from you, give to that person what you have. When things are wrongly taken from you, do not demand they be given back.