Matthew 5:40

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

And if someone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let him have your coat also.

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Referenced Verses

  • Luke 6:29 : 29 To the person who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other as well, and from the person who takes away your coat, do not withhold your tunic either.
  • 1 Cor 6:7 : 7 The fact that you have lawsuits among yourselves demonstrates that you have already been defeated. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Luke 6:28-31
    4 verses
    87%

    28bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.

    29To the person who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other as well, and from the person who takes away your coat, do not withhold your tunic either.

    30Give to everyone who asks you, and do not ask for your possessions back from the person who takes them away.

    31Treat others in the same way that you would want them to treat you.

  • Matt 5:41-44
    4 verses
    85%

    41And if anyone forces you to go one mile, go with him two.

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

    43Love for Enemies“You have heard that it was said,‘Love your neighbor’ and‘hate your enemy.’

    44But I say to you, love your enemy and pray for those who persecute you,

  • Matt 5:38-39
    2 verses
    82%

    38Retaliation“You 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 the evildoer. But whoever strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other to him as well.

  • Luke 12:58
    74%

    58As you are going with your accuser before the magistrate, make an effort to settle with him on the way, so that he will not drag you before 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%

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

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

    25Reach agreement quickly with your accuser while on the way to court, or he may hand you over to the judge, and the judge hand you over to the warden, and you will be thrown into prison.

    26I tell you the truth, you will never get out of there until you have paid the last penny!

  • 1 Cor 6:6-7
    2 verses
    73%

    6Instead, does a Christian sue a Christian, and do this before unbelievers?

    7The fact that you have lawsuits among yourselves demonstrates that you have already been defeated. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated?

  • Luke 3:11
    72%

    11John answered them,“The person who has two tunics must share with the person who has none, and the person who has food must do likewise.”

  • Luke 22:36
    72%

    36He said to them,“But now, the one who has a money bag must take it, and likewise a traveler’s bag too. And the one who has no sword must sell his cloak and buy one.

  • Mark 13:16
    71%

    16The one in the field must not turn back to get his cloak.

  • Mark 6:9
    71%

    9and to put on sandals but not to wear two tunics.

  • Matt 20:14
    71%

    14Take what is yours and go. I want to give to this last man the same as I gave to you.

  • Exod 22:26
    70%

    26If you do take the garment of your neighbor in pledge, you must return it to him by the time 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%

    36He also told them a parable:“No one tears a patch from a new garment and sews it on an old garment. If he does, he will have torn the new, and the piece from the new will not match the old.

  • 1 Cor 6:1
    70%

    1Lawsuits When any of you has a legal dispute with another, does he dare go to court before the unrighteous rather than before the saints?

  • Deut 25:2-3
    2 verses
    70%

    2Then, if the guilty person is sentenced to a beating, the judge shall force him to lie down and be beaten in his presence with the number of blows his wicked behavior deserves.

    3The judge may sentence him to forty blows, but no more. If he is struck with more than these, you might view your fellow Israelite with contempt.

  • Matt 24:18
    69%

    18and the one in the field must not turn back to get his cloak.

  • Matt 5:11
    69%

    11“Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you and say all kinds of evil things about you falsely on account of me.

  • Rom 12:20
    69%

    20Rather, if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in doing this you will be heaping burning coals on his head.

  • 2 Cor 11:20
    69%

    20For you put up with it if someone makes slaves of you, if someone exploits you, if someone takes advantage of you, if someone behaves arrogantly toward you, if someone strikes you in the face.

  • Luke 9:3
    69%

    3He said to them,“Take nothing for your journey– no staff, no bag, no bread, no money, and do not take an extra tunic.

  • Luke 12:11
    69%

    11But when they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, do not worry about how you should make your defense or what you should say,

  • Matt 18:35
    69%

    35So also my heavenly Father will do to you, if each of you does not forgive your brother from your heart.”

  • Matt 20:4
    69%

    4He said to them,‘You go into the vineyard too, and I will give you whatever is right.’

  • Exod 22:9
    68%

    9In all cases of illegal possessions, whether for an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or any kind of lost item, about which someone says‘This belongs to me,’ the matter of the two of them will come before the judges, and the one whom the judges declare guilty must repay double to his neighbor.

  • Matt 16:24
    68%

    24Then Jesus said to his disciples,“If anyone wants to become my follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.

  • Prov 25:21
    68%

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

  • Lam 3:30
    68%

    30Let him offer his cheek to the one who hits him; let him have his fill of insults.

  • Matt 27:31
    68%

    31When they had mocked him, they stripped him of the robe and put his own clothes back on him. Then they led him away to crucify him.

  • Matt 18:15
    68%

    15Restoring Christian Relationships“If your brother sins, go and show him his fault when the two of you are alone. If he listens to you, you have regained your brother.

  • Rom 12:14
    68%

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

  • Matt 27:28
    68%

    28They stripped him and put a scarlet robe around him,

  • Col 3:13
    68%

    13bearing with one another and forgiving one another, if someone happens to have a complaint against anyone else. Just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also forgive others.

  • Rom 12:17
    68%

    17Do not repay anyone evil for evil; consider what is good before all people.

  • Lev 24:20
    68%

    20fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth– just as he inflicts an injury on another person that same injury must be inflicted on him.

  • Job 22:6
    68%

    6“For you took pledges from your brothers for no reason, and you stripped the clothing from the naked.

  • Exod 22:5
    68%

    5“If a man grazes his livestock in a field or a vineyard, and he lets the livestock loose and they graze in the field of another man, he must make restitution from the best of his own field and the best of his own vineyard.