But I say unto you, That you resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also.
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Theophylact of Ochrid
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. "The evil one" here means the devil, who works through man. We ought not, then, to resist the devil? Yes, we should, but not by striking back at our neighbor, but through patient endurance. For fire is not extinguished by fire but by water. Do not think that the Lord is speaking only of a blow on the cheek, but of any and every other kind of affliction.
