Similarly, if someone takes you to court—as rich landowners would often do to poor peasants who had gotten in debt—and they want your outer garment, Jesus says to strip down naked and give them your underwear as well! Your “generosity” leaves you defenseless and exposed—but in a sense, your exposure exposes the naked greed and cruelty of your oppressors. Again, you have transcended oppression without violence. (No doubt, this would have gotten a good laugh as people pictured it.)
