Matthew 7:12 Parallel Translations

"Always do for other people everything you want them to do for you. That is the meaning of Moses' Teachings and the Prophets.(GOD'S WORD®)

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.

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.

BBE:

All those things, then, which you would have men do to you, even so do you to them: because this is the law and the prophets.

DBY:

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.

ERV:

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.

WEY:

Everything, therefore, be it what it may, that you would have men do to you, do you also the same to them; for in this the Law and the Prophets are summed up.

WBS:

Therefore all things whatever 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.

YLT:

'All things, therefore, whatever ye may will that men may be doing to you, so also do to them, for this is the law and the prophets.

Matthew 7:12 Cross References

XREF:

Matthew 22:40 "On these two commandments depend the whole Law and the Prophets."

Luke 6:31 "Treat others the same way you want them to treat you.

Romans 13:8 Owe nothing to anyone except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.

Galatians 5:14 For the whole Law is fulfilled in one word, in the statement, "YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF." (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

7:12 {4} Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the {b} law and the prophets.
(4) An explanation of the meaning of the second table.
(b) That is to say, The doctrine of the law and prophets.

PNT:

7:12 Whatsoever... do ye even so to them. This does not imply that we are always to do to others as they wish, but what we would like to have done to ourselves if we were placed in their condition and they in ours. We might injure them by complying with their foolish wishes. A maxim similar to the Golden Rule is found in the teachings of various sages; Socrates among the Greeks ( What stirs you to anger when done to you by bothers, that do not to others ), Buddha and Confucius ( What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others ) among the Orientals, and Hillel ( Do not do to thy neighbor what is hateful to thyself ) among the Jews. But the other teachers do not come up to Christ's standard. Their maxim is negative and passive. They say: Do not do to others what you would not have done to you. It is a rule of not doing, rather than of doing.

WES:

7:12 Luke 6:31.

MHC:

7:12-14 Christ came to teach us, not only what we are to know and believe, but what we are to do; not only toward God, but toward men; not only toward those of our party and persuasion, but toward men in general, all with whom we have to do. We must do that to our neighbour which we ourselves acknowledge to be fit and reasonable. We must, in our dealings with men, suppose ourselves in the same case and circumstances with those we have to do with, and act accordingly. There are but two ways right and wrong, good and evil; the way to heaven and the way to hell; in the one or other of these all are walking: there is no middle place hereafter, no middle way now. All the children of men are saints or sinners, godly or ungodly. See concerning the way of sin and sinners, that the gate is wide, and stands open. You may go in at this gate with all your lusts about you; it gives no check to appetites or passions. It is a broad way; there are many paths in it; there is choice of sinful ways. There is a large company in this way. But what profit is there in being willing to go to hell with others, because they will not go to heaven with us? The way to eternal life is narrow. We are not in heaven as soon as we are got through the strait gate. Self must be denied, the body kept under, and corruptions mortified. Daily temptations must be resisted; duties must be done. We must watch in all things, and walk with care; and we must go through much tribulation. And yet this way should invite us all; it leads to life: to present comfort in the favour of God, which is the life of the soul; to eternal bliss, the hope of which at the end of our way, should make all the difficulties of the road easy to us. This plain declaration of Christ has been disregarded by many who have taken pains to explain it away; but in all ages the real disciple of Christ has been looked on as a singular, unfashionable character; and all that have sided with the greater number, have gone on in the broad road to destruction. If we would serve God, we must be firm in our religion. Can we often hear of the strait gate and the narrow way, and how few there are that find it, without being in pain for ourselves, or considering whether we are entered on the narrow way, and what progress we are making in it?

CONC:

Desire Law Prophets Summed Thus Treat Whatever Whatsoever Wish

Desire Law Others Prophets Summed Sums Treat Want Way Whatever Whatsoever Wish

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