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.

The Bible (14th C BC - 2nd C AD) Christian sacred scripture

Matthew 7:12 (KJV)

Variants:

• Popularly, "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."
• NIV: "So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets."
• NRSV: "In everything do to others as you would have them do to you; for this is the law and the prophets."
• TEV: "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."

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 quotation (as trackbacks), not to lend it primacy, but because this is the most well-known formulation of it in the Western world, and to simplify the cross-referencing to one central point.