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What Jesus Meant By “Turn the Other Cheek” in Matthew 5:39

What Jesus Meant By “Turn the Other Cheek” in Matthew 5:39

“After years of hiding bruises, a woman confides in a friend about her husband’s violent outbursts. Her friend advises her to submit to her husband, explaining that in the Sermon on the Mount Jesus teaches that we are to “turn the other cheek.” But is that Jesus’ meaning? Is he really teaching people to remain passive in situations of abuse?”

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Divorce in the Bible: How Jesus Responded to the Debate

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How Does Jesus Fulfill the Law? (The Meaning of Matthew 5:17)

Sermon on the Mount

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What Does It Mean to Hunger and Thirst for Righteousness?

Sermon on the Mount

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What Is the Sermon on the Mount?

Sermon on the Mount

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What is the Definition of Grace? (According to the Bible)

Grace

Character of God

Exodus 34:6-7

Word Studies

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Rosh Hashanah: How the Jewish New Year Connects to Jesus

Creation

Divorce in the Bible: How Jesus Responded to the Debate

“Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason at all?” The religious experts pressed Jesus for an answer (Matt. 19:3), and his response has fueled hot debate ever since. While his teaching seems to clearly prohibit almost all divorce and cast post-divorce remarriage as an act of adultery, there is good reason to look deeper into the larger biblical narrative.

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What Matthew 6:33 (Seek First the Kingdom of God) Means

Sermon on the Mount

Matthew

Gospel of the Kingdom

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What Is Pentecost? And Why Is It Important?

Acts

Holy Spirit

Temple

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“Why Did Jesus Have To Die?” (A Question Worth Unpacking)

Sacrifice & Atonement

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What Are Sin, Iniquity, and Transgression in the Bible?

Bad Words

sin

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3 Love Stories in the Bible That Help Us Rethink Romance

loyal love

How Does Jesus Fulfill the Law? (The Meaning of Matthew 5:17)

The command “Do not murder” seems achievable on the surface—just don’t murder people. But Jesus suggests this is not the law’s ultimate goal. Yes, the point was to end human violence, but even more it was to guide people into the attitudes and ways of loving one another. When we avoid murder, we partly fill the law. When we love, we fill it full.

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Does a “Most-Accurate” Bible Translation Exist?

How to Read the Bible

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What Does the Bible Say about Angels and Cherubim?

Spiritual Beings

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Exile in the Bible: An Ethic of Loyalty and Subversion

Exile

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What Does the Book of Numbers Teach Us?

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Numbers

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What Kind of Culture Shaped the Bible?

The Paradigm

What Does It Mean to Hunger and Thirst for Righteousness?

The message is at once simple and revolutionary. Jesus invites us to trust God with the substance of our daily existence, while simultaneously becoming consumed with a hunger for the right relationships of his Kingdom.

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Why Leviticus Is Worth Your Time

App Torah Journey

Leviticus

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What Does the Bible Say About Blessing and Curse?

Blessing and Curse

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What Happens When We Read the Bible Together?

The Paradigm

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If God Remembers, Does He Also Forget?

Classroom

Genesis

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Can We Experience Eternal Life Today?

Eternal Life

Wisdom

Tree of Life

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How Does the Bible's Story Lead to Jesus?

The Paradigm

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The Larger Story of Exodus

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Exodus

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What Makes the Bible Unified?

The Paradigm

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Did God or People Write the Bible?

The Paradigm

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