Matthew 5:39

Matthew 5:39
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"Sermon on the Mount". Pulpit relief (1721) at Parish church of the Assumption, Waidhofen an der Thaya (Lower Austria).
BookGospel of Matthew
Christian Bible partNew Testament

Matthew 5:39 is the thirty-ninth verse of the fifth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament and is part of the Sermon on the Mount. This is the second verse of the antithesis on the command: "eye for an eye". In one of the most famous verses in the New Testament, Jesus here rejects revenge and retaliation, instead telling his followers to turn the other cheek.

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