Sermon on the Mount – Oaths, Retaliation, and Enemy Love
Watch – Insights, Passage Insight: Creative Nonviolence2 min
Listen – Creative Nonviolence Wisdom for Today5 min
Read – What Jesus Meant By “Turn the Other Cheek” in Matthew 5:3911 min
Reflect on the passage of Scripture below and then watch a few related resources. As you reflect, consider this question: How does Jesus want his followers to respond to injustice?
You have heard that it was said, “An eye in recompense for an eye, and a tooth in recompense for a tooth.”
And I say to you, do not resist-in-kind an evil person, but whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also.
If anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, let him have your coat also.
Whoever forces you to go one mile, go with him two.
To the one who asks of you, give.
And the one who wants to borrow from you, don’t turn away.
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