^6:29To the person who strikes you on the cheek,⁹³ offer the other as well,⁹⁴ and from the person who takes away your coat,⁹⁵ do not withhold your tunic⁹⁶ either.⁹⁷^6:30Give to everyone who asks you,⁹⁸ and do not ask for your possessions⁹⁹ back¹⁰⁰ from the person who takes them away.

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Footnotes

93 The phrase strikes you on the cheek probably pictures public rejection, like the act that indicated expulsion from the synagogue.
94 This command to offer the other cheek as well is often misunderstood. It means that there is risk involved in reaching out to people with God’s hope. But if one is struck down in rejection, the disciple is to continue reaching out.
95 Or “cloak.”
96 See the note on the word “tunics” in .
97 The command do not withhold your tunic either is again an image of continually being totally at risk as one tries to keep contact with those who are hostile to what Jesus and his disciples offer.
98 Jesus advocates a generosity and a desire to meet those in dire need with the command give to everyone who asks you. This may allude to begging; giving alms was viewed highly in the ancient world (Matt 6:1–4; Deut 15:7–11).
99 Grk “your things,” sometimes translated “what is yours” or “what belongs to you.”
100 Do not ask for your possessions back … is an example of showing forgiveness. Paul’s remarks in 1 Cor 6:7 may reflect this principle.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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. Give to everyone who begs from you, and from one who takes away your goods do not demand them back.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

If someone slaps you on one cheek, turn to them the other also. If someone takes your coat, do not withhold your shirt from them. Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

If anyone hits you on the cheek, offer the other also. And if anyone takes away your coat, don’t hold back your shirt either. Give to everyone who asks you, and from someone who takes your things, don’t ask for them back.

NLTNew Living Translation

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.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

To the one who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also, and from the one who takes away your cloak, do not withhold your tunic also. Give to everyone who asks you, and from the one who takes away your things, do not ask for them back.

KJV 1900King James Version

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. Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again.

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