force you to go one mile with him, go two.’8 ‘If anyone takes your cloak, give him also your tunic.’9 If anyone takes what is yours, do not demand it back,10 for you have no power.11 5 Give to everyone who asks, and ask nothing in return;12 for the Father wishes that a share of His own gifts be given to all. Blessed is the man who gives according to the commandment, for he is without blame. Woe to the man who takes. However, if the one who takes is in need, he is without blame. But should he not
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