Matthew 5:40

KJV1611 – Modern English

If anyone wants to sue you and take away your tunic, let him have your cloak also.

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  • Luke 6:29 : 29 And to him who strikes you on one cheek, offer also the other; and to him who takes away your cloak, do not withhold your coat also.
  • 1 Cor 6:7 : 7 Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because you go to law one with another. Why do you not rather accept wrong? Why do you not rather allow yourselves to be defrauded?

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  • Luke 6:28-31
    4 verses
    87%

    28Bless those who curse you, and pray for those who spitefully use you.

    29And to him who strikes you on one cheek, offer also the other; and to him who takes away your cloak, do not withhold your coat also.

    30Give to everyone who asks of you; and from him who takes away your goods, do not ask them back.

    31And as you would that men should do to you, do also to them likewise.

  • Matt 5:41-44
    4 verses
    85%

    41And whoever compels you to go one mile, go with him two.

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

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

    44But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you;

  • Matt 5:38-39
    2 verses
    82%

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

    39But I say to you, do not resist an evil person: but whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also.

  • Luke 12:58
    74%

    58When you go with your adversary to the magistrate, as you are on the way, give diligence that you may be delivered from him; lest he drag you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and the officer cast you into prison.

  • Matt 5:23-26
    4 verses
    74%

    23Therefore if you bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you,

    24Leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way; first be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.

    25Agree with your adversary quickly, while you are on the way with him, lest your adversary deliver you to the judge, the judge hand you over to the officer, and you be thrown into prison.

    26Truly I say to you, you will by no means come out of there till you have paid the last penny.

  • 1 Cor 6:6-7
    2 verses
    73%

    6But brother goes to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers.

    7Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because you go to law one with another. Why do you not rather accept wrong? Why do you not rather allow yourselves to be defrauded?

  • Luke 3:11
    72%

    11He answered and said to them, He who has two coats, let him give to him who has none; and he who has food, let him do likewise.

  • Luke 22:36
    72%

    36Then he said to them, But now, he who has a money bag, let him take it, and likewise his knapsack; and he who has no sword, let him sell his garment and buy one.

  • Mark 13:16
    71%

    16And let him who is in the field not turn back again to take up his garment.

  • Mark 6:9
    71%

    9But be shod with sandals; and not put on two coats.

  • Matt 20:14
    71%

    14Take what is yours, and go your way: I will give to this last, even as to you.

  • Exod 22:26
    70%

    26If you take your neighbor's garment as a pledge, you shall return it to him before the sun goes down,

  • Exod 21:24-25
    2 verses
    70%

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

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

  • Luke 5:36
    70%

    36And he spoke also a parable to them: No one puts a piece of a new garment on an old one; otherwise, the new makes a tear, and the piece that was taken out of the new does not match the old.

  • 1 Cor 6:1
    70%

    1Do any of you, having a matter against someone else, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints?

  • Deut 25:2-3
    2 verses
    70%

    2And it shall be, if the wicked man deserves to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down and be beaten in his presence, according to his fault, by a number of strokes.

    3Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed; lest, if he should exceed and beat him with many more stripes, then your brother should appear vile to you.

  • Matt 24:18
    69%

    18And let him who is in the field not turn back to take his clothes.

  • Matt 5:11
    69%

    11Blessed are you when men shall revile you and persecute you, and shall say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

  • Rom 12:20
    69%

    20Therefore if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink: for in so doing you will heap coals of fire on his head.

  • 2 Cor 11:20
    69%

    20For you bear it if someone brings you into bondage, if someone devours you, if someone takes from you, if someone exalts himself, if someone strikes you on the face.

  • Luke 9:3
    69%

    3And he said to them, Take nothing for your journey, neither staffs, nor bag, neither bread, nor money; neither have two coats apiece.

  • Luke 12:11
    69%

    11And when they bring you to the synagogues, and to rulers and authorities, do not be anxious how or what you shall answer, or what you shall say.

  • Matt 18:35
    69%

    35So also shall my heavenly Father do to you, if you do not forgive from your hearts every one his brother their trespasses.

  • Matt 20:4
    69%

    4And said to them, Go also into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you. So they went.

  • Exod 22:9
    68%

    9For every kind of trespass, whether it is for ox, donkey, sheep, clothing, or any lost thing that another claims to be his, both parties shall come before the judges; and he whom the judges convict shall pay double to his neighbor.

  • Matt 16:24
    68%

    24Then Jesus said to His disciples, If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.

  • Prov 25:21
    68%

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

  • Lam 3:30
    68%

    30He gives his cheek to the one who strikes him; he is filled with reproach.

  • Matt 27:31
    68%

    31And after they had mocked him, they took the robe off him, and put his own clothes on him, and led him away to crucify him.

  • Matt 18:15
    68%

    15Moreover if your brother trespasses against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone: if he hears you, you have gained your brother.

  • Rom 12:14
    68%

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

  • Matt 27:28
    68%

    28And they stripped him and put on him a scarlet robe.

  • Col 3:13
    68%

    13Bearing with one another and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so also do you.

  • Rom 12:17
    68%

    17Repay no one evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.

  • Lev 24:20
    68%

    20Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he has caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again.

  • Job 22:6
    68%

    6For you have taken a pledge from your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

  • Exod 22:5
    68%

    5If a man causes a field or vineyard to be grazed upon, and allows his animal to wander and feed in another man's field, he shall make restitution from the best of his own field and the best of his own vineyard.