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.

[Πάντα οὖν ὅσα ἐὰν θέλητε ἵνα ποιῶσιν ὑμῖν οἱ ἄνθρωποι, οὕτως καὶ ὑμεῖς ποιεῖτε αὐτοῖς· οὗτος γάρ ἐστιν ὁ νόμος καὶ οἱ προφῆται.]

Jesus - do unto others - wist.info quote

The Bible (The New Testament) (AD 1st - 2nd C) Christian sacred scripture
Matthew 7: 12, “The Golden Rule” (Jesus) [KJV (1611)]
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Popularly, "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."

This passage is paralleled in Luke 6:31.

(Source (Greek)). Alternate translations:

So always treat others as you would like them to treat you; that is the meaning of the Law and the Prophets.
[JB (1966)]

So always treat others as you would like them to treat you; that is the Law and the Prophets.
[NJB (1985)]

Do for others what you want them to do for you: this is the meaning of the Law of Moses and of the teachings of the prophets.
[GNT (1992 ed.)]

Therefore, you should treat people in the same way that you want people to treat you; this is the Law and the Prophets.
[CEB (2011)]

So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.
[NIV (2011 ed.)]

In everything do to others as you would have them do to you; for this is the law and the prophets.
[NRSV (2021 ed.)]

Note: The "Golden Rule" has been expressed in many ways by many religious and philosophical teachers. Several of these in WIST are or will be cross-referenced to this particular quotation (as trackbacks, and through the golden rule topic tag), not to lend it sectarian primacy, but because this is the best-known formulation of it in the Western world.

 
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  8. Adept Kung said: “I do nothing to others that I wouldn’t want done to me.” “That’s something you haven’t quite mastered, Kung,” the Master replied. [子貢曰、我不欲人之加諸我也、吾亦欲無加諸人。 子曰、賜也、非爾所及也。] The earliest appearance of the “Golden Rule” in world literature. See also 12.2, 15.24, and Matthew 7:12. Originally numbered 5.11 by Legge and…

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