12Therefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.


In Context

9 Or who is there among you, who, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone?

10 Or if he asks for a fish, who will give him a serpent?

11 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!

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

13 |Enter in by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter in by it.

14 How narrow is the gate, and restricted is the way that leads to life! Few are those who find it.

Matthew 7:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:12Therefore 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

7:12So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:12All things therefore whatsoever you would that men should do to you, do you also to them. For this is the law and the prophets.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:12All 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:12Therefore all things whatever ye desire that men should do to you, thus do ye also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:12All 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:12Therefore all things whatever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:12'All things, therefore, whatever ye may will that men may be doing to you, so also do to them, for this is the law and the prophets.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:12Therefore all things whatever you would that men should do to you, do you even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.