Tuesday, October 11, 2022

Luke 6:29-31

"If someone slaps you on one cheek, offer the other cheek also. If someone demands your coat, offer your shirt also. Give to anyone who asks; and when things are taken away from you, don't try to get them back. Do to others as you would like them to do to you."

"If someone slaps you on one cheek, offer the other cheek also."
Matthew 5:39  "But I say, do not resist an evil person! If someone slaps you on the right cheek, offer the other cheek also."
Romans 12:17  Never pay back evil with more evil. Do things in such a way that everyone can see you are honorable.
Isaiah 50:6  I offered my back to those who beat me and my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard. I did not hide my face from mockery and spitting.
Lamentations 3:30  Let them turn the other cheek to those who strike them and accept the insults of their enemies.

"If someone demands your coat, offer your shirt also." 
Matthew 5:40  "If you are sued in court and your shirt is taken from you, give your coat, too."

"Give to anyone who asks;" 
Matthew 5:42  "Give to those who ask, and don't turn away from those who want to borrow."
Psalm 37:21  The wicked borrow and never repay, but the godly are generous givers.
Proverbs 21:26  Some people are always greedy for more, but the godly love to give!

"and when things are taken away from you, don't try to get them back." 
Deuteronomy 15:7-8  "But if there are any poor Israelites in your towns when you arrive in the land the LORD your God is giving you, do not be hard-hearted or tightfisted toward them. Instead, be generous and lend them whatever they need."
Deuteronomy 15:10  "Give generously to the poor, not grudgingly, for the LORD your God will bless you in everything you do."

"Do to others as you would like them to do to you." 
Matthew 7:12  "Do to others whatever you would like them to do to you. This is the essence of all that is taught in the law and the prophets."

Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright ©1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. Limited to 15 verses per post.
 

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