Matthew 5:38-41

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. ⁴⁰ And _z if anyone would sue you and take your tunic, ₁ let him have your cloak as well. ⁴¹ And if anyone _c forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles.

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.
   
8. Cross References
   Matthew 5:39
   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.
   
9. Cross References
   Matthew 27:32
   As they went out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name. They compelled this man to carry his cross.