Matthew 5:40
And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloke also.
And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coate, let him haue thy cloake also.
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- 1 Corinthians 6:7Rank 2 from verse 40
7Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded?
7Now therefore, there is vtterly a fault among you, because yee goe to law one with another: Why doe ye not rather take wrong? Why doe yee not rather suffer your selues to be defrauded?
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Matthew 5:40
1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.
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To seek a right or remedy against someone by legal process.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: An authoritative rule, command, ordinance, instruction, standard, or body of requirements. Sense 2: The writings containing such instruction. Sense 3: A governing principle, power, regular order, or civil rule. Sense 4: In family compounds, relationship by marriage.
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To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893
Sense 1: An outer garment or tunic. Sense 2: A covering.
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Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.
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Sense 1: A cloak: an outer garment. Sense 2: Figuratively, a covering or pretext.
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39But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
39But I say vnto you, *that yee resist not euill: but whosoeuer shall smite thee on thy right cheeke, turne to him the other also.
40And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloke also.
40And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coate, let him haue thy cloake also.
Selected passage41And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.
41And whosoeuer shall compell thee to goe a mile, goe with him twaine.