Verse 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.

Referenced Verses

  • Heb 10:34 : 34 For in fact you shared the sufferings of those in prison, and you accepted the confiscation of your belongings with joy, because you knew that you certainly had a better and lasting possession.
  • Isa 50:6 : 6 I offered my back to those who attacked, my jaws to those who tore out my beard; I did not hide my face from insults and spitting.
  • Lam 3:30 : 30 Let him offer his cheek to the one who hits him; let him have his fill of insults.
  • Matt 26:67 : 67 Then they spat in his face and struck him with their fists. And some slapped him,
  • Luke 22:64 : 64 They blindfolded him and asked him repeatedly,“Prophesy! Who hit you?”
  • John 18:22 : 22 When Jesus had said this, one of the high priest’s officers who stood nearby struck him on the face and said,“Is that the way you answer the high priest?”
  • Acts 23:2 : 2 At that the high priest Ananias ordered those standing near Paul to strike him on the mouth.
  • 1 Cor 4:11 : 11 To the present hour we are hungry and thirsty, poorly clothed, brutally treated, and without a roof over our heads.
  • 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?
  • 2 Cor 11:20 : 20 For 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.
  • Mic 5:1 : 1 (4:14) But now slash yourself, daughter surrounded by soldiers! We are besieged! With a scepter they strike Israel’s ruler on the side of his face.
  • Matt 5:39-42 : 39 But I say to you, do not resist the evildoer. But whoever strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other to him as well. 40 And if someone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let him have your coat also. 41 And if anyone forces you to go one mile, go with him two. 42 Give to the one who asks you, and do not reject the one who wants to borrow from you.
  • 2 Sam 19:30 : 30 Mephibosheth said to the king,“Let him have the whole thing! My lord the king has returned safely to his house!”
  • 2 Chr 18:23 : 23 Zedekiah son of Kenaanah approached, hit Micaiah on the jaw, and said,“Which way did the LORD’s spirit go when he went from me to speak to you?”