After reading the Gospel of Mathew 5:38-42, to day, l have the followings to say. When vers.38, said "an eye for an eye and tooth for tooth".

It was obvious that at that time, it was like a wholesome maxim in Dt.19:18-21.This is because it tends to put a limit to the thirst for any form of vengeance.

And even the judges were often being reminded at the time, that they have a duty to defend the weak in the society at large.
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"Do not oppose evil with evil"-Here the question is when we approach our adversary or evil person in the same way they approach us, it will result to a circle of repproach or circle of vengeance. Now who among the two is weaked.

In the Gospel, we are asked to "Offer the other cheek", and this simply mean we must be the first to free ourselves from the circle of revenge or violence.

And also we must strive to act like the Judocal with a surprise move when the opponent least expect any such move, as to discover we were mistaken.

Because it is this act of renunciation of violence for our own interest, that will surely oblige the " Heavenly Father" to intervene and come to our aid, even when we least expect it .

Therefore, we must not forget that Jesus simply want us to see God at work in our life on daily bases in this context.