“As you would like people to do to you, do exactly so to them.
Parallel translations
- KJV And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.
- BSB Do to others as you would have them do to you.
- NKJV And just as you want men to do to you, you also do to them likewise.
- NASB Treat people the same way you want them to treat you.
- NLT Do to others as you would like them to do to you.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Matt 7:12Therefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.
- Gal 5:14For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
- Matt 22:39A second likewise is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’
- Jas 2:8–16However, if you fulfill the royal law, according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you do well.
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