Matthew 5:41
39 But I tell you not to resist an evil person. If someone slaps you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also;
40 if someone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well;
and if someone forces you to go one mile, go with him 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.’
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- and if someone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles.
- KJV
- And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.
- WEB
- Whoever compels you to go one mile, go with him two.
- ASV
- And whosoever shall compel thee to go one mile, go with him two.
- DARBY
- And whoever will compel thee to go one mile, go with him two.
- BLB
- And whoever will compel you [to go] one milion, go with him two.
- ÅB
- og om noen tvinger deg til å gå en mil med ham, gå to.
- OTB
- Om noen tvinger deg til å gå én mil, gå to med ham.
- B1930
- og om nogen tvinger dig til å gå en mil, da gå to med ham.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 23:26
As the soldiers led Him away, they seized Simon of Cyrene on his way in from the country, and put the cross on him to carry behind Jesus.
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