Matthew 7:12 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹²Therefore 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.

Matthew 7:12 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Luke 6:31
And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.
Romans 13:8-10
Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. …
Galatians 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. …
Mark 12:29-34
And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: …
Leviticus 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.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 12-14)

Our Lord Jesus here presses upon us that righteousness towards men which is an essential branch of true religion, and that religion towards God which is an essential branch of universal righteousness. I. We must make righteousness our rule, and be ruled by it, Matt. 7:12. Therefore, lay this down for your principle, to do as you would be done by; therefore, that you may conform to the foregoing pr…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 12)

12. Therefore--to say all in one word. all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them--the same thing and in the same way. for this is the law and the prophets--“This is the substance of all relative duty; all Scripture in a nutshell.” Incomparable summary! How well called “the royal law!” (Jas 2:8; compare Ro 13:9). It is true that similar maxims are found floatin…