Matthew 5:40
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“if someone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well;”
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“if someone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well;”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloke also.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And if any man would go to law with thee, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and whoever is willing to take thee to law, and thy coat to take--suffer to him also the cloak.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Matthew 5:40 — 2 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Luke 6:29If someone strikes you on one cheek, turn to him the other also. And if someone takes your cloak, do not withhold your tunic as well.
- 1 Corinthians 6:7The very fact that you have lawsuits among you means that you are thoroughly defeated already. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated?
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).