MATTHEW 7:12

“Do unto others”

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT

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In this verse, Jesus describes what is now known as the Golden Rule, or law of reciprocity, which is the principle of treating others as you would wish to be treated. This is the most popular instance in the Bible that covers the Golden Rule. Other instances in the Bible include: Leviticus 19:18 when God commands us to “love thy neighbor as thyself”, Luke 6:31 “as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise”, Luke 10:27 “love... thy neighbor as thyself”, Romans 13:9 “love thy neighbor as thyself”, and Galatians 5:14 “love thy neighbor as thyself”.

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