Matthew 5:40

And if any man would go to law with thee and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also.

This is exactly the same principle in another setting and is repeated for the sake of emphasis. Nor should too much be made of the fact that most of the losses in these verses seem rather trivial, a flick on the cheek, the loss of a coat, and going a mile. They do suggest, however, that there may be larger areas where the child of God may not use the "submissive response" enjoined in these passages. God does not say, "If one shall strike thy child, present the child's other cheek!"