Sentences with phrase «said turn the other cheek»

Bottom line, let's look at the Bible in context (i.e. Jesus is God, same God who says turn the other cheek told the Israelites to kill every man, woman, and child in Canaan) and let's use common sense while always trying to follow Biblical teachings.

Jesus said turn the other cheek, let the wheat grow up with the tares so as not to accidently uproot anyone, Love your enemy etc..

Not exact matches

Let see, Jesus said if someone hits you turn the other cheek.

Walked away, or as Jesus would say «Turn the other cheek».

I'm pretty sure your Christ said to turn the other cheek, not turn around and kill everyone even remotely similar to the guy who wronged you.

Apparently you do not know why Jesus said «turn the other cheek.»

He said «You have heard it said by them of old time... (referring to the old testament), but I say unto you...» Such as «resist no evil,» «turn the other cheek.»

The greatest love known is to give (or risk) your life for a friend - Jesus didn't say that the greatest love known is to «turn the other cheek and forsake a friend» - you recieved sacrifical love from a complete stranger and willfully chose to withhold your sacrificial love in return.

Do your follow the words of Jesus when he said «whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also.

I refused even though my mom told me protect myself, because I had learned in church, that Jesus my lord and savior said not to, that we should turn the other cheek.

He says «This is the law, follow it or die» to the Israelites then apparently shows up later to say «Hey, all that stuff about eye for an eye and the Sabbath you can forget about, just be loving from now on and turn the other cheek when people smite thee.»

Consider Joel, what «The Bible» really says about «an eye for an eye»: Mat 5:38 Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: Mat 5:39 But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.

f The more original Biblical reference to retaliation was from the mythical character Jesus (invented by Constantine at the first council at Nicaea in 325, and modeled after his own «prophet» the Sun God, Mithra, and named Jesus Christos to combine the Celtic God Hesus and the Indian God Krishna, whose Latin name was Christos, into one God) who said «turn your other cheek» (when struck in the face).

Jesus said «Turn the other cheek» and «Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.»

Christ said «do good to those who persecute you» and «if someone hits you on the cheek, turn and let him hit the other cheek, too.»

«If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also,» he said.

It comes in a barrage of equally hard sayings toward the end of the Sermon on the Mount, where Jesus tells his followers to turn the other cheek, give away your coat if someone sues you for your shirt, and «love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven» (Matthew 5:44 - 45).

But I say to you, do not resist an evil person; but whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also.

Jesus said, «If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.

But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.

If he says something when you go home, you can turn the other cheek and not reply.

he did speak of «turning the other cheek, loving your enemies, he did admonish his disciple peter for using a sword on him, he did allow himself to be killed, he did chose to forigve»... i'm just now seeing anywhere in the NT where followers of christ are called to kill??? please show me... please show me in the the ten commandments where it instructs on killing... oh, it does say not to murder

My take is that those who call themselves Christians really ought to pay attention to what Christ said: «treat others as you would like to be treated,» «do good to those who persecute you,» «love one another,» «be as wise as serpents and as harmless as doves,» «help the poor,» «turn the other cheek.»

Christ said «do good to those who persecute you,» «treat others as you would like to be treated,» «turn the other cheek,» and «love one another.»

Some of the most widely quoted sayings in the Sermon on the Mount, and the ones most consistently violated, are the commands (Mt 5:38 - 42) to turn the other cheek, to give the cloak when deprived of the coat, to go two miles when compelled to go one, to refuse no request for a gift or a loan, to offer no resistance to an evil man, as recent translations read where the KJV says «resist not evil.»

This is like what has been said about turning the other cheek; in fact it simply carries the same theme a little further.

Between, in the body of the sermon, lie the sayings most characteristic of the real Jesus: those concerning love of enemies, turning the other cheek, giving the shirt off one's back, and forgiving debts.

Did she «turn the other cheek» when she phones sports radio shows and flipped out becuase they were saying bad things about Kurt?

The prolem I've always had with organized religion is that at some point after all the «Do unto others» «Turn the other cheek» «Help thy neighbor» they all say «Oh, by the way, do it our way or burn in hell».

Do you think that Jesus saying things like «Love you enemy» and «turn the other cheek» don't give us a picture of Jesus?

Hopefully some day we can learn to just look the other way (You know, turn the other cheek as Christ taught), or learn that saying other people's beliefs are stupid (atheist's you don't like it when people tell you you're wrong, but you feel you can tell others they're wrong) is detrimental to a civilized society.

It is claimed that Jesus said to turn the other cheek and love thy enemy — given that how can they justify any war or any military response to Sept 11, 2001?

Whereas Jesus said, «If anyone strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other also,» President Bush, who claims to be a follower of Jesus, says, «If you think that Hussein will strike you on one cheek, hit him, along with innocent bystanders.»

Matthew 5:38 Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: 39But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.

Do you believe when Jesus said «turn the other cheek» he was referring to being constantly slapped down by your fellow believers — you know, the ones who are to be maturing and new creations in Christ?

I am sure someone will say that Gandhi «turned the other cheek» but was Christ was really telling his disciples to passively aid and abet evil?

yes it does say to turn the other cheek in the bible, but you're using it out of context.

How do you justify the death penalty when Jesus said to «love your enemies» and «turn the other cheek?»

It means the end for the «kingdom of the gentiles,» although the kingdom of God will triumph not by «paying back the gentiles in their own coin,» as Wright says, but by turning the other cheek and walking the second mile.

Jesus said to turn the other cheek.

I grapple with «turn the other cheek» in the latter context - it is a very fine line sometimes between saying: no this is not ok do not abuse me, and being abusive in return.

Once - Reluctant said, on November 12th, 2009 at 10:13 pm It's good to see you can take the humour in stride, and even turn the other cheek.

When He says that if someone wants to take your cloak, give him your tunic as well, or when someone strikes you on one cheek, turn to them the other also, it stretches the imagination to think that He would be fine with killing someone when they try to do more than slap you on the cheek or take your cloak.

I am not saying that Caesar is acting out of anything like Christian motives; but I wonder whether he does not actually come off better than we do in remaining silent before our slanders, in turning the other cheek, in forgiving our defiance of his law.

I see no evidence of turning the other cheek, loving their enemies, selling all that they have and giving to the poor... you know, all the things Jesus said they should do.

I watched this at close range Saturday evening in Boston because I was cheek by peach - fuzzy jowl with those fans online, pumping my own 110 or so live - tweets of her lyrics and speech text to them and watching members of her 874,659 - person following stop, drop everything, turn to each other, and say, «Look at this... have you ever noticed this?»

«Let them say what they want; we know we're good, and we'll just turn the other cheek» seemed to be Nintendo's mantra, perhaps falling more in line with the aforementioned business practices of their country of origin.

Turning the other cheek, some say that those companies that are testing may just come up with their own system to supplant Ripple.

>> Alyssa Milano turned the other cheek after fellow actor Jay Mohr told a radio show, Alyssa's «very tiny — in height --[but] it seems like she had a baby and said, «I don't really give a s ** t» — I read it on her gut.»