Matthew 5:40

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And if anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, hand over your coat as well.

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  • Luke 6:29 : 29 If someone strikes you on one cheek, offer them the other also. If someone takes your coat, do not withhold your shirt either.
  • 1 Cor 6:7 : 7 The very fact that you have lawsuits among you means you have been completely defeated already. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated?

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  • Luke 6:28-31
    4 verses
    87%

    28 Bless those who curse you, and pray for those who mistreat you.

    29 If someone strikes you on one cheek, offer them the other also. If someone takes your coat, do not withhold your shirt either.

    30 Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back.

    31 Do to others as you would have them do to you.

  • Matt 5:41-44
    4 verses
    85%

    41 If anyone forces you to go one mile, go with them two miles.

    42 Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.

    43 You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.'

    44 But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

  • Matt 5:38-39
    2 verses
    82%

    38 You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.'

    39 But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other also.

  • Luke 12:58
    74%

    58 For as you are going with your opponent to the magistrate, make an effort to settle with him on the way, so that he does not drag you to the judge, and the judge hand you over to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.

  • Matt 5:23-26
    4 verses
    74%

    23 So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you,

    24 leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift.

    25 Settle matters quickly with your adversary while you are on the way to court. Otherwise, your adversary may hand you over to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and you may be thrown into prison.

    26 Truly I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the last penny.

  • 1 Cor 6:6-7
    2 verses
    73%

    6 But instead, one brother goes to law against another, and this in front of unbelievers!

    7 The very fact that you have lawsuits among you means you have been completely defeated already. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated?

  • Luke 3:11
    72%

    11 He replied to them, "Anyone who has two tunics must share with the one who has none, and anyone who has food must do the same."

  • Luke 22:36
    72%

    36 He said to them, "But now, if you have a money bag, take it, and also take a traveling bag. And if you don’t have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one.

  • Mark 13:16
    71%

    16 And let the one who is in the field not turn back to get their cloak.

  • Mark 6:9
    71%

    9 But wear sandals and do not put on two tunics.

  • Matt 20:14
    71%

    14 'Take your pay and go. I want to give the one who was hired last the same as I gave you.'

  • Exod 22:26
    70%

    26 For it is his only covering, the cloak for his body. What else can he sleep in? If he cries out to me, I will hear him, for I am gracious.

  • Exod 21:24-25
    2 verses
    70%

    24 eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

    25 burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise.

  • Luke 5:36
    70%

    36 Then He told them a parable: "No one tears a piece from a new garment and sews it onto an old garment. Otherwise, the new garment will be torn, and the patch from the new will not match the old."

  • 1 Cor 6:1
    70%

    1 Does any one of you, when you have a dispute with another, dare to take it before the unrighteous for judgment, rather than before the saints?

  • Deut 25:2-3
    2 verses
    70%

    2 If the guilty one deserves to be beaten, the judge will have him lie down and be struck before him, according to the severity of his crime, with a number of blows.

    3 He may be given up to forty lashes but no more, so that the punishment does not exceed this, and your brother is not degraded in your sight by excessive beating.

  • Matt 24:18
    69%

    18 And let the one who is in the field not turn back to get their cloak.

  • Matt 5:11
    69%

    11 Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me.

  • Rom 12:20
    69%

    20 If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head.

  • 2 Cor 11:20
    69%

    20 In fact, you put up with anyone who enslaves you, devours you, takes advantage of you, exalts himself, or strikes you in the face.

  • Luke 9:3
    69%

    3 He said to them, 'Take nothing for the journey—no staff, no bag, no bread, no money, and do not take two tunics.'

  • Luke 12:11
    69%

    11 When they bring you before synagogues, rulers, and authorities, do not worry about how you will defend yourselves or what you will say.

  • Matt 18:35
    69%

    35 This is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother or sister from your heart.

  • Matt 20:4
    69%

    4 He told them, 'You also go into the vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right.'

  • Exod 22:9
    68%

    9 If a man gives his neighbor a donkey, an ox, a sheep, or any other animal to take care of, and it dies, is injured, or is driven away while no one is watching,

  • Matt 16:24
    68%

    24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, "If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Me.

  • Prov 25:21
    68%

    21 If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat; if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.

  • Lam 3:30
    68%

    30 Let him offer his cheek to the one who strikes him, and let him be filled with disgrace.

  • Matt 27:31
    68%

    31 After they had mocked Him, they took off the robe, put His own clothes back on Him, and led Him away to crucify Him.

  • Matt 18:15
    68%

    15 If your brother sins against you, go and show him his fault, just between the two of you. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over.

  • Rom 12:14
    68%

    14 Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse.

  • Matt 27:28
    68%

    28 They stripped Him and put a scarlet robe on Him.

  • Col 3:13
    68%

    13 Bear with one another and forgive one another if anyone has a grievance against another. Just as the Lord forgave you, so also you must forgive.

  • Rom 12:17
    68%

    17 Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everyone.

  • Lev 24:20
    68%

    20 Fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. The same injury that one inflicts on another must also be inflicted on them.

  • Job 22:6
    68%

    6 For you have taken pledges from your brothers without cause, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

  • Exod 22:5
    68%

    5 If a fire breaks out and catches on thorn bushes so that a stack of grain, standing grain, or a field is destroyed, the one who started the fire must make full compensation.