Matthew 5:33-42
“Again, you have heard that it was said to the people long ago, ‘Do not break your oath, but keep the oaths you have made to the Lord.’ But I tell you, Do not swear at all: either by heaven, for it is God’s throne; or by the earth, for it is his footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the Great King. And do not swear by your head, for you cannot make even one hair white or black. Simply let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No’; anything beyond this comes from the evil one.” (Matthew 5:33-37)
Our actions are really all we have to define us. If we say “yes, I will do that”, or “no, I will not do that”, then we are bound to take those actions. Anything else is out of our control. We can swear by God, because who are we to control him. We can swear by the earth because (as you see with the ridiculous global warming debate), we don’t have control over it. We can’t even swear by our bodies because we can’t choose to grow old.
“You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.’ But I tell you, Do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also. And if someone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well. If someone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles. Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.” (Matthew 5:38-42)
This is pretty straight forward: give. Give your cloths, give your pain, give your presence.