Matthew 5:38-39

Retaliation

³⁸ _h "You have heard that it was said, _y 'An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.' ³⁹ But I say to you, _z Do not resist the one who is evil. But _a if anyone _b slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.

1. Cross References
   Matthew 5:27
   "You have heard that it was said, 'You shall not commit adultery.'
   
2. Cross References
   Exodus 21:24
   Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
   Leviticus 24:20
   Fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; whatever injury he has given a person shall be given to him.
   Deuteronomy 19:21
   Your eye shall not pity. It shall be life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
   
3. Cross References
   Exodus 21:24
   Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
   Leviticus 24:20
   Fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; whatever injury he has given a person shall be given to him.
   Deuteronomy 19:21
   Your eye shall not pity. It shall be life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
   
4. Cross References
   1 Peter 2:23
   When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly.
   
5. Cross References
   Matthew 5:39 - 42
   But I say to you, Do not resist the one who is evil. But if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.
   Luke 6:29 - 30
   To one who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also, and from one who takes away your cloak do not withhold your tunic either.
   Romans 12:17
   Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all.
   
6. Cross References
   Matthew 26:67
   Then they spit in his face and struck him. And some slapped him.
   Isaiah 50:6
   I gave my back to those who strike, and my cheeks to those who pull out the beard; I hid not my face from disgrace and spitting.
   Lamentations 3:30
   Let him give his cheek to the one who strikes, and let him be filled with insults.
   
7. Cross References
   Matthew 5:39 - 42
   But I say to you, Do not resist the one who is evil. But if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.
   Luke 6:29 - 30
   To one who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also, and from one who takes away your cloak do not withhold your tunic either.