Matthew 5:40 meaning and explanation
if someone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well;
Matthew 5:40, Berean Standard Bible
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Jesus is speaking to His disciples on the mountain, continuing the series of contrasts that began with the command not to resist an evil person. In that culture a lawsuit over a tunic, the inner garment worn against the skin, was a real possibility, and the cloak was the outer garment that the Law protected from being kept overnight as a pledge.
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