Matthew 7:12

Treat others the way you want them to treat you. This sums up the law and the prophets.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

11So if even you who are evil know to give good things to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good things to those who ask him.

13Enter by the narrow entrance. For the entrance is wide, and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and many travel that way.

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Cross References

Leviticus 19:18Don't look for revenge or hold a grudge against anybody, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord.

Jeremiah 7:5If you sincerely change your ways and do what's right, if you treat each other fairly,

Ezekiel 18:21However, if someone who is wicked stops sinning and keeps my laws, doing what is fair and right, they will certainly live—they won't die.

Micah 6:8The Lord has told you what is good, and what the Lord asks from you: to do what is right, to love kindness, and to walk in humility with your God.

Zechariah 8:16This what you have to do: Tell each other the truth. In your courts judge honestly and truthfully, which makes for peace.

Matthew 22:39The second is just like it, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’

Matthew Henry on Matthew 7:8-12

The Sermon on the Mount. 7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: 8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. 9 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? 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… Read the whole commentary →

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