Matthew 5:39 - Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁹ But I say to you, do not resist one who is evil, but if anyone will have struck you on your right cheek, offer to him the other also.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁹ but I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁹ But I say to you, Do not resist the evil man [who injures you]; but if anyone strikes you on the right jaw or cheek, turn to him the other one too.

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁹ but I say unto you, Resist not him that is evil: but whosoever smiteth thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.

Common English Bible

³⁹ But I say to you that you must not oppose those who want to hurt you. If people slap you on your right cheek, you must turn the left cheek to them as well.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³⁹ But I say to you not to resist evil: but if one strike thee on thy right cheek, turn to him also the other:

English Standard Version 2016

³⁹ But I say to you, Do not resist the one who is evil. But if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.

Matthew 5:39 Tagairtí Cros

1 Kings 22:24

Then Zedekiah, the son of Chenaanah, drew near and struck Micaiah on the jaw, and he said, "So then, has the Spirit of the Lord left me, and spoken to you?"

Job 16:10

He has gathered together his fury towards me, and, threatening me, he has roared against me with his teeth; my enemy has beheld me with terrible eyes.

Proverbs 20:22

Do not say, "I will repay evil." Wait for the Lord, and he will free you.

Proverbs 24:29

Do not say, "I will do to him as he has done to me." I will repay each one according to his work.

Isaiah 50:6

I have given my body to those who strike me, and my cheeks to those who plucked them. I have not averted my face from those who rebuked me and who spit on me.

Lamentations 3:30

JOD. He shall give his cheek to those who strike him; he shall be saturated with reproaches.

Leviticus 19:18

Do not seek revenge, neither should you be mindful of the injury of your fellow citizens. You shall love your friend as yourself. I am the Lord.

Micah 5:1

Now you will be devastated, you daughter of a robber. They have placed a blockade against us, with a rod they will strike the jaw of the judge of Israel.

Matthew 5:40

And anyone who wishes to contend with you in judgment, and to take away your tunic, release to him your cloak also.

Luke 22:64

And they blindfolded him and repeatedly struck his face. And they questioned him, saying: "Prophesy! Who is it that struck you?"

Luke 6:7

And the scribes and Pharisees observed whether he would heal on the Sabbath, so that they might thereby find an accusation against him.

John 18:23

Jesus answered him: "If I have spoken wrongly, offer testimony about the wrong. But if I have spoken correctly, then why do you strike me?"

1 Corinthians 6:7

Now there is certainly an offense among you, beyond everything else, when you have court cases against one another. Should you not accept injury instead? Should you not endure being cheated instead?

1 Thessalonians 5:15

See to it that no one repays evil for evil to anyone. Instead, always pursue whatever is good, with one another and with all.

Hebrews 12:4

For you have not yet resisted unto blood, while striving against sin.

James 5:6

You led away and killed the Just One, and he did not resist you.

1 Peter 3:9

not repaying evil with evil, nor slander with slander, but, to the contrary, repaying with blessings. For to this you have been called, so that you may possess the inheritance of a blessing.