Luke 6:30
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New International Version (©2011)
Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back.

New Living Translation (©2007)
Give to anyone who asks; and when things are taken away from you, don't try to get them back.

English Standard Version (©2001)
Give to everyone who begs from you, and from one who takes away your goods do not demand them back.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"Give to everyone who asks of you, and whoever takes away what is yours, do not demand it back.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Give to everyone who asks you, and from one who takes your things, don't ask for them back.

International Standard Version (©2012)
Keep on giving to everyone who asks you for something, and if anyone takes what is yours, do not insist on getting it back.

NET Bible (©2006)
Give to everyone who asks you, and do not ask for your possessions back from the person who takes them away.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
“Give to everyone who asks you and do not demand from him who takes what is yours.”

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Give to everyone who asks you for something. If someone takes what is yours, don't insist on getting it back.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
Give to every man that asks of you; and of him that takes away your goods ask them not again.

American King James Version
Give to every man that asks of you; and of him that takes away your goods ask them not again.

American Standard Version
Give to every one that asketh thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Give to every one that asketh thee, and of him that taketh away thy goods, ask them not again.

Darby Bible Translation
To every one that asks of thee, give; and from him that takes away what is thine, ask it not back.

English Revised Version
Give to every one that asketh thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again.

Webster's Bible Translation
Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods, ask them not again.

Weymouth New Testament
To every one who asks, give; and from him who takes away your property, do not demand it back.

World English Bible
Give to everyone who asks you, and don't ask him who takes away your goods to give them back again.

Young's Literal Translation
'And to every one who is asking of thee, be giving; and from him who is taking away thy goods, be not asking again;

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

6:27-36 These are hard lessons to flesh and blood. But if we are thoroughly grounded in the faith of Christ's love, this will make his commands easy to us. Every one that comes to him for washing in his blood, and knows the greatness of the mercy and the love there is in him, can say, in truth and sincerity, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? Let us then aim to be merciful, even according to the mercy of our heavenly Father to us.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 30. - Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again. Here, again, it is clear that faithfully to cling to the literal interpretation would be utterly to ignore the true spirit of the Lord's words here, where he sets forth his sublime ideal of a charity which ignores its own rights and knows no limits to its self-sacrifice. Augustine quaintly suggests that in the words themselves will be found the limitation required. "'Give to every man,' but not everything,' suggesting that in many cases a medicine for the hurt of the soul would better carry out the words of the Lord than the gift of material help for the needs of the body ('Serm.' 359.). But such ingenious exposition, after all, is needless. What the Lord inculcated here was that broad, unselfish generosity which acts as though it really believed those other beautiful words of Jesus, that "it is more blessed to give than to receive."

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And give to every man that asketh,.... See Gill on Matthew 5:42.

And of him that taketh away thy goods; not by force, but by consent, having either lent them, or sold them to him: for if they were taken away by force, the person so taking them was to be deemed a thief and a robber, and to be treated as such; but one that takes them by agreement, and is not able to make a return of them, or to give a valuable consideration for them, of such an one ask them not again: do not exact or demand them, but give him a release, as the law requires, in Deuteronomy 15:2 which seems to be respected here; and where the same word is used by the Septuagint, as here.

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Love Your Enemies
…29And to him that smites you on the one cheek offer also the other; and him that takes away your cloak forbid not to take your coat also. 30Give to every man that asks of you; and of him that takes away your goods ask them not again. 31And as you would that men should do to you, do you also to them likewise. …

Ecclesiastes 11:2 Invest in seven ventures, yes, in eight; you do not know what disaster may come upon the land.
Matthew 5:39 But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also.
Matthew 5:42 Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.
Luke 6:29 If someone slaps you on one cheek, turn to them the other also. If someone takes your coat, do not withhold your shirt from them.
Luke 6:31 Do to others as you would have them do to you.