Matthew 7:12

Translations

Modern

In everything, then, do to others as you would have them do to you. For this is the essence of the Law and the Prophets.

Traditional

Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

Literal

All things, therefore, as many as you may want that men may do to you, so also you do to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.

Latin

Omnia ergo quæcumque vultis ut faciant vobis homines, et vos facite illis. Hæc est enim lex, et prophetæ.

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English

In everything, then, do to others as you would have them do to you. For this is the essence of the Law and the Prophets.

Notes

Matthew 7:12

The Law and the Prophets: The teachings of Jesus in 5:21–7:6 show the true purpose and way to express the law of Moses. Love is central for the disciples of Jesus (see also Galatians 5:13–14, 18).

Theme notes and profiles

Moses Loving Others The Limitations of Law

Events

Sermon on the Mountc. AD 28

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Luke 6:31
Do to others as you would have them do to you.
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Leviticus 19:18
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Mark 12:29–34
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Matthew 22:39–40
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Micah 6:8
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Zechariah 8:16–17
These are the things you must do: Speak truth to one another, render true and sound judgments in your gates,
1 Timothy 1:5
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Amos 5:14–15
Seek good, not evil, so that you may live. And the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be with you, as you have claimed.
Ezekiel 18:7–8
He does not oppress another, but restores the pledge to the debtor. He does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.
Malachi 3:5
“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.

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