Matthew 5:40

The Passion Translation

If someone is determined to sue you for your coat, give him the shirt off your back as a gift in return.

Cross References

Matthew 5:39

However, I say to you, don’t repay an evil act with another evil act. But whoever insults you by slapping you on the right cheek, turn the other to him as well.

Matthew 5:41

And should people in authority take advantage of you, do more than what they demand.

Luke 6:29

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.

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.

1 Corinthians 7:36

However, if a man has decided to serve God as a single person, yet changes his mind and finds himself in love with a woman, although he never intended to marry, let him go ahead and marry her; it is not a sin to do so.