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Matthew 5:40
Matthew 5:40 is verse 40 of Matthew chapter 5, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
if someone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well;
King James Version
And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also.
World English Bible
If anyone sues you to take away your coat, let him have your cloak also.
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Matthew 5:38–42 · Berean Standard Bible
38 You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye and tooth for tooth.’
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;
41 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.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Luke 6:29If someone strikes you on one cheek, turn to him the other also. And if someone takes your cloak, do not withhold your tunic as well.
1 Corinthians 6:7The very fact that you have lawsuits among you means that you are thoroughly defeated already. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated?