Matthew 5:40
Greek (Tischendorf 8th ed.) Matthew 5:40 appears in the Greek New Testament. The text above is from the Tischendorf 8th edition. Each word links to its Strong’s number and a concise gloss. Click any word for its full Thayer’s Greek Lexicon entry.If anyone sues you to take away your coat, let him have your cloak also.
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World English Bible Public Domain
If anyone sues you to take away your coat, let him have your cloak also.
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King James Version Public Domain
And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And to the one wanting to have judgment passed upon you and to take away your tunic, let him also have your cloak.
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Every available English version of this verse, each an independent rendering of the whole verse.
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World English Bible Public Domain
If anyone sues you to take away your coat, let him have your cloak also.
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Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
if someone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well;
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Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
if someone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well;
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King James Version Public Domain
And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also.
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American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
And if any man would go to law with thee, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also.
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Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
And if any man would go to law with thee, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloke also.
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Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
And if any man wil sue thee at the law, and take away thy coate, let him haue thy cloke also.
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Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
And if a man will contend with thee in judgment, and take away thy coat, let go thy cloak also unto him.
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Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
and whoever is willing to take thee to law, and thy coat to take -- suffer to him also the cloak.
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Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
and whoever is willing to take you to law, and to take your coat—also permit to him the cloak.
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Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
If anyone wishes to go to court with you and takes away your coat, let that person also have your cloak.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And to the one wanting to have judgment passed upon you and to take away your tunic, let him also have your cloak.
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Darby Bible Public Domain
and to him that would go to law with thee and take thy body coat, leave him thy cloak also.
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World Messianic Bible Public Domain
If anyone sues you to take away your coat, let him have your cloak also.
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Webster's Bible Public Domain
And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloke also.
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Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
If someone wants to sue you in court and takes your shirt, give them your coat too.
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Bible in Basic English Public Domain
And if any man goes to law with you and takes away your coat, do not keep back your robe from him.
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Text-Critical English NT CC BY 4.0
If anyone wants to sue yoʋ and take away yoʋr tunic, let him have yoʋr cloak also.
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Tyndale New Testament (1534) Public Domain
And yf eny man will sue the at the lawe and take awaye thy coote let hym have thy cloocke also.
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- Appears 11× in the Greek New Testament
- First appears here
- Part of Speech
- Noun
- Case
- Accusative
- Number
- Singular
- Gender
- Masculine
Full Thayer's Definition
- καὶ kaí G2532 “and” Conjunction
- τῷ ho G3588 “the” Article, Dative, Singular, Masculine
- θέλοντί thélō G2309 “to will” Verb, Present, Active, Participle, Dative, Singular, Masculine
- σοι sý G4771 “you” Personal pronoun, 2nd person, Dative, Singular
- κριθῆναι krínō G2919 “to judge” Verb, Aorist, Passive, Infinitive
- καὶ kaí G2532 “and” Conjunction
- τὸν ho G3588 “the” Article, Accusative, Singular, Masculine
- χιτῶνά chitṓn G5509 “tunic” Noun, Accusative, Singular, Masculine
- σου sý G4771 “you” Personal pronoun, 2nd person, Genitive, Singular
- λαβεῖν lambánō G2983 “to take” Verb, Aorist, Active, Infinitive
- ἄφες aphíēmi G863 “to send away” Verb, Aorist, Active, Imperative, 2nd person, Singular
- αὐτῷ autós G846 “he” Personal pronoun, Dative, Singular, Masculine
- καὶ kaí G2532 “and” Conjunction
- τὸ ho G3588 “the” Article, Accusative, Singular, Neuter
- ἱμάτιον himátion G2440 “garment” Noun, Accusative, Singular, Neuter
About this verse
These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →
- 15
- words
- 10
- distinct lemmas
- Gospels
- section
Notable vocabulary
The rarest word here is χιτῶνά tunic G5509 — appearing just 11 times in the whole Greek New Testament.
First appearance in Scripture
These words make their first canonical appearance in the Greek New Testament here:
Shared distinctive vocabulary
χιτῶνά tunic G5509 occurs in 10 verses of the Greek New Testament. Also found in:
Cross-references
2Topical passages linked to Matthew 5:40 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.
- Luke 6:29 To him who strikes you on the cheek, offer also the other; and from him who takes away your cloak, don't withhold your coat also.
- 1 Corinthians 6:7 Therefore it is already altogether a defect in you, that you have lawsuits one with another. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded?
Cross-references courtesy of OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
Lesson kit
Teaching starters — assembled from the data on this page, not authored interpretation. Every prompt links to the verse data it draws on. Edit before teaching.
Matthew, in the Gospels, opens this verse with 15 words (10 distinct Greek lemmas). Its most distinctive word is chitṓn (“tunic”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.
Discussion questions
- What does “tunic” (chitṓn) contribute to the verse as a whole?
- 4 words make their first appearance in Scripture here. What does this debut establish?
- How does Matthew 10:10, which shares the word «tunic», read alongside this verse?
- What does the repetition of “and” (3× in this one verse) do in this verse?
- These translations render this verse differently. What is at stake in choosing one wording over another?
- Compare how Bengel's Gnomon and Expositor's Greek Testament read this verse. Where do they agree or differ?
Things to notice
- 4 words make their first canonical appearance in Scripture here.
- These translations choose different wording for 15 words in this verse.
- “and” occurs 3× in this single verse.
- 10 distinct Greek lemmas span 15 words in this verse.
Commentary
Notes on Matthew 5:40 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.
Lemma curates 59 commentaries, every one of them public domain or Creative Commons licensed, each selected and text-cleaned for this edition rather than reprinted as found. About our sources →
Bengel's Gnomon
Johann Albrecht Bengel
Bengel's Gnomon of the New Testament — English translation (T&T Clark, Edinburgh, 1860) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Expositor's Greek Testament
ed. W. Robertson Nicoll
The Expositor's Greek Testament, edited by W. Robertson Nicoll (1897–1910) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown — Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers
A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
John Gill's Exposition
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Trapp's Complete Commentary
John Trapp
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible
Daniel D. Whedon
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Pulpit Commentary
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
John Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.
The People's New Testament
B. W. Johnson
B. W. Johnson's The People's New Testament with Notes (1889–1891) — public domain. Electronic text from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library (CCEL) ThML edition.
unfoldingWord translationNotes
Door43 World Missions Community
unfoldingWord translationNotes — © Distant Shores Media and the Door43 World Missions Community, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: git.door43.org/Door43/en_tn.
Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges
Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges (Cambridge University Press, 1896; 21 vols, various authors incl. Carr, Maclear, Plummer, Farrar, Lumby, Moule, M. R. James, Simcox) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament
Marvin R. Vincent
Marvin R. Vincent, Word Studies in the New Testament (1887–1900) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.