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Berean Standard Bible

“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.”

Matthew 7:12

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Study note

This saying, often called the Golden Rule, comes near the end of the Sermon on the Mount. Similar sayings existed in negative form among Jewish teachers and other ancient writers, advising people not to do to others what they would hate.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

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.

World English Bible (WEB)

Therefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.

King James Version (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.

American Standard Version (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.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

All those things, then, which you would have men do to you, even so do you to them: because this is the law and the prophets.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

'All things, therefore, whatever you may will that men may be doing to you, so also do to them, for this is the law and the prophets.

Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Así que, todas las cosas que quisierais que los hombres hiciesen con vosotros, así también haced vosotros con ellos; porque esta es la ley y los profetas.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

»Haz a otros todo lo que quieras que te hagan a ti. En esto se resumen las enseñanzas de la ley y de los profetas.

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