Matthew 7:12
10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?
11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
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.
13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- 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.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- Therefore, whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.
- ASV
- All things therefore whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do ye also unto them: for this is the law and the prophets.
- DARBY
- Therefore all things whatever ye desire that men should do to you, thus do *ye* also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.
- BLB
- 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.
- ÅB
- «Derfor; alt det dere vil at menneskene skal gjøre imot dere, skal også dere gjøre imot dem. For dette er loven og profetene.
- OTB
- Derfor, alt dere vil at andre skal gjøre mot dere, det skal også dere gjøre mot dem, for dette er loven og profetene.
- B1930
- Derfor, alt det I vil at menneskene skal gjøre imot eder, det skal også I gjøre imot dem; for dette er loven og profetene.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 6:31
And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.
Read in contextRomans 13:8–10
Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
Read in contextGalatians 5:13–14
For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
Read in contextLeviticus 19:18
Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.
Read in contextMark 12:29–34
And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:
Read in contextMatthew 22:39–40
And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Read in contextMicah 6:8
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
Read in contextZechariah 8:16–17
These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates:
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