Matthew 7:12

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The Golden Rule

¹²“So ^(A)whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is ^(B)the Law and the Prophets.

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Luke 6:31

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³¹And ^(A)as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them.

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Romans 13:8-10

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Fulfilling the Law Through Love

⁸^(A)Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for ^(B)the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. ⁹For the commandments, ^(C)“You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: ^(D)“You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” ¹⁰Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore ^(E)love is the fulfilling of the law.

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Mark 12:29-34

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²⁹Jesus answered, “The most important is, ^(A)‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, ^(B)the Lord is one. ³⁰And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ ³¹^(C)The second is this: ^(D)‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment ^(E)greater than these.” ³²And the scribe said to him, “You are right, Teacher. You have truly said that ^(F)he is one, and ^(G)there is no other besides him. ³³And to love him with all the heart and with all ^(H)the understanding and with all the strength, and to love one's neighbor as oneself, ^(I)is much more than all ^(J)whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.” ³⁴And when Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” ^(K)And after that no one dared to ask him any more questions.

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Galatians 5:13-14

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¹³For you were called to freedom, brothers. ^(A)Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love ^(B)serve one another. ¹⁴For ^(C)the whole law is fulfilled in one word: ^(D)“You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

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Leviticus 19:18

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¹⁸^(A)You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but ^(B)you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.

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Matthew 22:39-40

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³⁹And ^(A)a second is like it: ^(B)You shall love your neighbor as yourself. ⁴⁰^(C)On these two commandments depend ^(D)all the Law and the Prophets.”

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1 Timothy 1:5

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⁵The aim of our charge is love ^(A)that issues from a pure heart and ^(B)a good conscience and ^(C)a sincere faith.

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Micah 6:8

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⁸He has told you, O man, what is good;
and ^(A)what does the Lord require of you
but to do justice, and to love kindness,^[a]
and to ^(B)walk humbly with your God?

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Footnotes

Micah 6:8 Or steadfast love

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Zechariah 8:16-17

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¹⁶These are the things that you shall do: ^(A)Speak the truth to one another; ^(B)render in your gates judgments ^(C)that are true and make for peace; ¹⁷^(D)do not devise evil in your hearts against one another, and ^(E)love no false oath, for all these things I hate, declares the Lord.”

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Amos 5:14-15

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¹⁴^(A)Seek good, and not evil,
    that you may live;
and so the Lord, ^(B)the God of hosts, will be with you,
    as you have said.
¹⁵^(C)Hate evil, and love good,
    and establish justice ^(D)in the gate;
^(E)it may be that the Lord, the God of hosts,
    will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.

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Malachi 3:5

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⁵“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. I will be ^(A)a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those ^(B)who oppress the hired worker in his wages, ^(C)the widow and the fatherless, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.

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Ezekiel 18:7-8

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⁷^(A)does not oppress anyone, but ^(B)restores to the debtor his pledge, ^(C)commits no robbery, ^(D)gives his bread to the hungry ^(E)and covers the naked with a garment, ⁸^(F)does not lend at interest ^(G)or take any profit,^[a] withholds his hand from injustice, ^(H)executes true justice between man and man,