Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you. New Living Translation Give to those who ask, and don’t turn away from those who want to borrow. English Standard Version Give to the one who begs from you, and do not refuse the one who would borrow from you. Berean Standard Bible Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you. Berean Literal Bible Give to the one asking of you, and you shall not turn away from the one desiring to borrow from you. King James Bible Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away. New King James Version Give to him who asks you, and from him who wants to borrow from you do not turn away. New American Standard Bible Give to him who asks of you, and do not turn away from him who wants to borrow from you. NASB 1995 “Give to him who asks of you, and do not turn away from him who wants to borrow from you. NASB 1977 “Give to him who asks of you, and do not turn away from him who wants to borrow from you. Legacy Standard Bible Give to him who asks of you, and do not turn away from him who wants to borrow from you. Amplified Bible Give to him who asks of you, and do not turn away from him who wants to borrow from you. Christian Standard Bible Give to the one who asks you, and don’t turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you. Holman Christian Standard Bible Give to the one who asks you, and don’t turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you. American Standard Version Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away. Contemporary English Version When people ask you for something, give it to them. When they want to borrow money, lend it to them. English Revised Version Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away. GOD'S WORD® Translation Give to everyone who asks you for something. Don't turn anyone away who wants to borrow something from you. Good News Translation When someone asks you for something, give it to him; when someone wants to borrow something, lend it to him. International Standard Version Give to the person who asks you for something, and do not turn away from the person who wants to borrow something from you." Majority Standard Bible Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you. NET Bible Give to the one who asks you, and do not reject the one who wants to borrow from you. New Heart English Bible Give to him who asks you, and do not turn away him who desires to borrow from you. Webster's Bible Translation Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee, turn not thou away. Weymouth New Testament To him who asks, give: from him who would borrow, turn not away. World English Bible Give to him who asks you, and don’t turn away him who desires to borrow from you. Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionto him who is asking of you be giving, and him who is willing to borrow from you, you may not turn away. Berean Literal Bible Give to the one asking of you, and you shall not turn away from the one desiring to borrow from you. Young's Literal Translation to him who is asking of thee be giving, and him who is willing to borrow from thee thou mayest not turn away. Smith's Literal Translation To him asking thee, give thou, and him wishing to borrow from thee, thou shouldst not turn away. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleGive to him that asketh of thee and from him that would borrow of thee turn not away. Catholic Public Domain Version Whoever asks of you, give to him. And if anyone would borrow from you, do not turn away from him. New American Bible Give to the one who asks of you, and do not turn your back on one who wants to borrow. New Revised Standard Version Give to everyone who begs from you, and do not refuse anyone who wants to borrow from you. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleWhoever asks from you, give him; and whoever wishes to borrow from you, do not refuse him. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Whoever asks you, give to him, and whoever wants to borrow from you, do not refuse him. NT Translations Anderson New TestamentGive to him that asks of you; and from him that would borrow of you, turn not away. Godbey New Testament Haweis New Testament Give to him that asketh thee; and from him who wants to borrow of thee, turn not away. Mace New Testament give to him that asks you, and from him that would borrow of you turn not away. Weymouth New Testament To him who asks, give: from him who would borrow, turn not away. Worrell New Testament Worsley New Testament Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Love Your Enemies…41and if someone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles. 42Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you. 43You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor’ and ‘Hate your enemy.’… Cross References Luke 6:30 Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what is yours, do not demand it back. Proverbs 19:17 Kindness to the poor is a loan to the LORD, and He will repay the lender. Deuteronomy 15:7-11 If there is a poor man among your brothers within any of the gates in the land that the LORD your God is giving you, then you are not to harden your heart or shut your hand from your poor brother. / Instead, you are to open your hand to him and freely loan him whatever he needs. / Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought in your heart: “The seventh year, the year of release, is near,” so that you look upon your poor brother begrudgingly and give him nothing. He will cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin. ... Luke 6:34-35 And if you lend to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, expecting to be repaid in full. / But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked. Proverbs 21:26 All day long he covets more, but the righteous give without restraint. 1 John 3:17 If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him? Acts 20:35 In everything, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus Himself: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’” James 2:15-16 Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. / If one of you tells him, “Go in peace; stay warm and well fed,” but does not provide for his physical needs, what good is that? Proverbs 3:27-28 Do not withhold good from the deserving when it is within your power to act. / Do not tell your neighbor, “Come back tomorrow and I will provide”—when you already have the means. 2 Corinthians 9:7 Each one should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not out of regret or compulsion. For God loves a cheerful giver. Galatians 6:9-10 Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. / Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to the family of faith. Isaiah 58:7 Isn’t it to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your home, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood? Romans 12:13 Share with the saints who are in need. Practice hospitality. Hebrews 13:16 And do not neglect to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased. Psalm 37:21 The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous are gracious and giving. Treasury of Scripture Give to him that asks you, and from him that would borrow of you turn not you away. Matthew 25:35-40 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: … Deuteronomy 15:7-14 If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother: … Job 31:16-20 If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail; … Jump to Previous Begs Borrow Desires Mayest Property Refuse Request Time Turn Use Wants WillingJump to Next Begs Borrow Desires Mayest Property Refuse Request Time Turn Use Wants WillingMatthew 5 1. Jesus' sermon on the mount:3. The Beattitudes; 13. the salt of the earth; 14. the light of the world. 17. He came to fulfill the law. 21. What it is to kill; 27. to commit adultery; 33. to swear. 38. He exhorts to forgive wrong, 43. to love our enemies; 48. and to labor after perfection. Give The Greek word used here is "δίδωμι" (didōmi), which means to give or to grant. In the context of Jesus' Sermon on the Mount, this command to "give" is not merely about the physical act of handing over possessions but is deeply rooted in the spirit of generosity and selflessness. The act of giving is a reflection of God's own nature, who gives abundantly and without reservation. Historically, this teaching would have been radical, as it challenges the natural human inclination towards self-preservation and accumulation of wealth. to the one who asks you and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you From him that would borrow.--The force of the precept depends on its connection with the Jewish Law, which forbade not only what we call usury, i.e., excessive interest, but all interest on loans where debtor and creditor alike were Israelites (Exodus 22:25; Leviticus 25:37; Deuteronomy 23:19-20). From our modern point of view that law cannot be regarded as in harmony with the present order of society, nor consistent with our modern views of financial justice. It is not the less true, however, that in the education of a family or nation, such a prohibition may be a necessary and useful discipline. We should look with scorn on boys who lent on interest to their brothers or their schoolfellows, and the ideal of the Law of Moses was that of treating all Israelites as brothers brought under the discipline of the schoolmaster. As if with a prescient insight into the besetting temptation of the race, the lawgiver forbade a practice which would have destroyed, and eventually did destroy, the sense of brotherhood (Nehemiah 5:1-13), leaving it open to receive interest from strangers who were outside the limits of the family (Deuteronomy 23:20). The higher law of Christ treats all men as brothers, and bids us, if it is right to lend as an act of charity, to do so for love, and not for profit. Cases where the business of the world calls for loans not for the relief of want, but as a matter of commercial convenience, lie obviously outside the range of the precept. . . . Verse 42. - (Cf. Luke 6:30, 34a, 35.) The connexion is as follows: Our Lord spoke first (ver. 39) of entire submission to injuries; then (ver. 40) of acceptance of loss of property; then (ver. 41) of acceptance of a burden imposed; here of acceptance of a demand for pecuniary assistance. This, in its turn, forms an easy transition to the subject of ver. 43, sqq. Give to him that asketh thee, etc. This verse has been often adduced by unbelievers to prove the incompatibility of our Lord's utterances with the conditions of modern society. Wrongly. Because our Lord is inculcating the proper spirit of Christian life, not giving rules to be literally carried out irrespective of circumstances. Hammond (vide Ford) points out that we have "a countermand" in 2 Thessalonians 3:7, 10. (For the possibility of accounting for the verbal differences between this verse and Luke 6:30 by supposing an Aramaic original, see Professor Marshall, in the Expositor, April, 1891, p. 287.)Parallel Commentaries ... Greek Giveδός (dos) Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular Strong's 1325: To offer, give; I put, place. A prolonged form of a primary verb; to give. to the [one] τῷ (tō) Article - Dative Masculine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. who asks αἰτοῦντί (aitounti) Verb - Present Participle Active - Dative Masculine Singular Strong's 154: To ask, request, petition, demand. Of uncertain derivation; to ask. you, σε (se) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 2nd Person Singular Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. do not turn away from ἀποστραφῇς (apostraphēs) Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Passive - 2nd Person Singular Strong's 654: To turn away, pervert, remove; I restore, replace; mid: I desert, reject. From apo and strepho; to turn away or back. the [one] τὸν (ton) Article - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. who wants θέλοντα (thelonta) Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 2309: To will, wish, desire, be willing, intend, design. to borrow δανίσασθαι (danisasthai) Verb - Aorist Infinitive Middle Strong's 1155: To lend; mid: I borrow. From daneion; to loan on interest; reflexively, to borrow. from ἀπὸ (apo) Preposition Strong's 575: From, away from. A primary particle; 'off, ' i.e. Away, in various senses. you. σοῦ (sou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Singular Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. Links Matthew 5:42 NIVMatthew 5:42 NLT Matthew 5:42 ESV Matthew 5:42 NASB Matthew 5:42 KJV Matthew 5:42 BibleApps.com Matthew 5:42 Biblia Paralela Matthew 5:42 Chinese Bible Matthew 5:42 French Bible Matthew 5:42 Catholic Bible NT Gospels: Matthew 5:42 Give to him who asks you (Matt. Mat Mt) |
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