Luke 6:29

If someone strikes you on one cheek, turn to him the other also. And if someone takes your cloak, do not withhold your tunic as well.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Jesus addresses his disciples during the Sermon on the Plain, instructing them on how to respond to physical aggression and property seizure.

The words — The Greek τὸπτοντὶ (tuptonti) means "striking" and σιαγὼνα (siagona) means "cheek," while παρέχε (pareche) commands to "present" or "offer." These terms frame the instruction as a direct response to physical assault and theft.

The thread — This command parallels Matthew 5:39, which pairs the cheek-striking image with a prohibition against resisting an evil person, and reflects Hebrews 10:34, which records believers joyfully accepting property confiscation.

Why it lands — The text demands surrendering the right to retaliate or recover what was taken, requiring a posture of nonviolent generosity. Readers must absorb loss rather than enforce personal justice.

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The Greek words

King 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.

Cross-references

Hebrews 10:34 You sympathized with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, knowing that you yourselves had a better and permanent possession.
Matthew 5:39 But I tell you not to resist an evil person. If someone slaps you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also;
2 Corinthians 11:20 In fact, you even put up with anyone who enslaves you or exploits you or takes advantage of you or exalts himself or strikes you in the face.
Isaiah 50:6 I offered My back to those who struck Me, and My cheeks to those who tore out My beard. I did not hide My face from scorn and spittle.
Matthew 26:67 Then they spit in His face and struck Him. Others slapped Him
John 18:22 When Jesus had said this, one of the officers standing nearby slapped Him in the face and said, “Is this how You answer the high priest?”
1 Corinthians 6:7 The very fact that you have lawsuits among you means that you are thoroughly defeated already. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated?
Lamentations 3:30 Let him offer his cheek to the one who would strike him; let him be filled with reproach.
1 Corinthians 4:11 To this very hour we are hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clothed, we are brutally treated, we are homeless.
Luke 22:64 They blindfolded Him and kept demanding, “Prophesy! Who hit You?”