Luke 6:31
And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.
Study Note
Study Note
Luke's version of the Golden Rule — 'do to others as you would have them do to you' — appears in the Sermon on the Plain (Luke 6:17-49), parallel to Matthew's Sermon on the Mount. The positive formulation ('do to others') distinguishes it from the negative versions found in Confucius, Hillel, and Tobit ('do not do to others'), making it a more demanding ethical standard. Matthew's version (7:12) appends 'for this sums up the Law and the Prophets,' making the principle a hermeneutical key to the entire Hebrew ethical tradition. The rule's cross-cultural presence across religions and philosophical traditions has made it a primary point of ethical convergence in interfaith dialogue.
Other Translations
And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.
and as ye wish that men may do to you, do ye also to them in like manner;
Do to others as you would have them do to you.
Cross References
Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this …
And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:
And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not …