Matthew 7:12 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 7:12

In everything, then, do to others as you would have them do to you. For this is the essence of the Law and the Prophets.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

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.

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.

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Commentary

4 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Matthew (420)

(Ver. 11, 12.) So if you, being evil, know how to give good things to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him! Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets. It should be noted that when he referred to the apostles as evil, unless perhaps under the guise of the apostles the entire race of men is condemned, whose hearts are inclined to evil from infancy in comparison to divine mercy.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

Therefore all things whatsoever,.... These words are the epilogue, or conclusion of our Lord's discourse; the sum of what he had delivered in the two preceding chapters, and in this hitherto, is contained in these words; for they not only respect the exhortation about judging and reproving; but every duty respecting our neighbour; it is a summary of the whole. It is a golden rule, here delivered, and ought to be observed by all mankind, Jews and Gentiles.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Christ has here adopted it into this law; so that both the Old Testament and the New agree in prescribing this to us, to do as we would be done by. By this rule the law of Christ is commended, but the lives of Christians are condemned by comparing them with it. Aut hoc non evangelium, authi non evangelici.--Either this is not the gospel, or these are not Christians.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew (1856)

In this part of the Sermon on the Mount our Lord begins to draw his discourse to a conclusion. The lessons he here forces on our notice are broad, general and full of the deepest wisdom. Let us mark them in succession. He lays down a general principle for our guidance in all doubtful questions between man and man. “We are to do to others as we would have others do to us.”We are not to deal with others as others deal with us: this is mere selfishness and heathenism.

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Original language & word study

23 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Πάντα	Panta	All things	G3956 →
οὖν	oun	therefore	G3767 →
ὅσα	hosa	as much as	G3745 →
ἐὰν	ean	maybe	G1437 →
θέλητε	thelēte	you shall desire	G2309 →
ἵνα	ina	that	G2443 →
ποιῶσιν	poiōsin	they shall enact	G4160 →
ὑμῖν	humin	for you	G4771 →
οἱ	hoi	the	G3588 →
ἄνθρωποι,	anthrōpoi	men,	G444 →
οὕτως	houtōs	so	G3779 →
καὶ	kai	also	G2532 →
ὑμεῖς	humeis	you yourselves	G4771 →
ποιεῖτε	poieite	do enact	G4160 →
αὐτοῖς·	autois	for them;	G846 →
οὗτος	houtos	This	G3778 →
γάρ	gar	for	G1063 →
ἐστιν	estin	is	G1510 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
νόμος	nomos	law	G3551 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
οἱ	hoi	the	G3588 →
προφῆται.¶	prophētai	prophets.	G4396 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk7

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Leviticus 19:18
Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against any of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.
leads to
- Galatians 5:14
  The entire law is fulfilled in a single decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Matthew 22:39–40
  And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
- Romans 13:9
  The commandments “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and any other commandments, are summed up in this one decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
- Mark 12:31–34
  The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ No other commandment is greater than these.”
- Luke 10:27–37
  He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’ and ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”
Through
Luke 6:31
Do to others as you would have them do to you.
leads to
- Matthew 22:39
  And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
- James 2:8–16
  If you really fulfill the royal law stated in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.