39But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
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See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men.
Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.
Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men. …
Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.
And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloke forbid not to take thy coat also. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 38-42)In these verses the law of retaliation is expounded, and in a manner repealed. Observe, I. What the Old-Testament permission was, in case of injury; and here the expression is only, Ye have heard that is has been said ; not, as before, concerning the commands of the decalogue, that it has been said by , or to, them of old time . It was a command, that every one should of necessity require such sat…
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