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39 But I tell you not to try to get even with a person who has done something to you. When someone slaps your right cheek,[a] turn and let that person slap your other cheek. 40 If someone sues you for your shirt, give up your coat as well. 41 If a soldier forces you to carry his pack one kilometer, carry it two kilometers.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 5.39 right cheek: A slap on the right cheek was a bad insult.
  2. 5.41 two kilometers: A Roman soldier had the right to force a person to carry his pack as far as one kilometer.

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