Matthew 5:40

Matthew chapter 5 · verse 40 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

And if any man would go to law with thee, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also.

King James Version · 1611

And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloke also.

American Standard Version · 1901

And if any man would go to law with thee, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also.

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

v.40This passage

v.41And whosoever shall compel thee to go one mile, go with him two.

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Luke 6:29
To him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and from him that taketh away thy cloak withhold not thy coat also.
1 Corinthians 6:7
Nay, already it is altogether a defect in you, that ye have lawsuits one with another. Why not rather take wrong? why not rather be defrauded?