Key Idea:

Go the extra mile to pursue peace.

1. Don’t make it your job to be everyone’s judge. (Matthew 5:38-39)
2. Go the extra mile when:
   • Personal dignity is lost (Matthew 5:39)
   • Faced with lawsuits (Matthew 5:40)
   • Personal liberty is squeezed (Matthew 5:41)
   • Personal property is wanted (Matthew 5:42)

3. Peace brings healing to the relationship.

Matthew 5:38-42 New International Version (NIV)

Eye for Eye

³⁸ “You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.’^{[a] 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. ⁴⁰ And if anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, hand over your coat as well. ⁴¹ If anyone forces you to go one mile, go with them two miles. ⁴² Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.

Footnotes:

1. Matthew 5:38 Exodus 21:24; Lev. 24:20; Deut. 19:21

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