Mateo 7:12

Filipino Cebuano Bible

12 Tungod niini, buhati ang mga tawo sa bisan unsay buot ninyo nga ilang pagabuhaton kaninyo; kay mao kini ang kasugoan ug ang mga profeta.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

all: Luke 6:31

for: Matthew 22:39, Matthew 22:40, Leviticus 19:18, Isaiah 1:17, Isaiah 1:18, Jeremiah 7:5, Jeremiah 7:6, Ezekiel 18:7, Ezekiel 18:8, Ezekiel 18:21, Amos 5:14, Amos 5:15, Micah 6:8, Zechariah 7:7-10, Zechariah 8:16, Zechariah 8:17, Malachi 3:5, Mark 12:29-34, Romans 13:8-10, Galatians 5:13, Galatians 5:14, 1 Timothy 1:5, James 2:10-13

Reciprocal: Genesis 14:24 - Save Genesis 23:16 - weighed Genesis 29:25 - wherefore Deuteronomy 2:6 - General Deuteronomy 22:2 - thou shalt restore Ruth 3:12 - there is 1 Samuel 30:22 - Because Job 16:4 - if your soul Psalms 15:3 - doeth Isaiah 66:19 - that have Mark 12:31 - Thou Luke 3:13 - Exact Acts 24:14 - in the law Ephesians 6:9 - the same 1 Thessalonians 3:12 - love

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Therefore all things whatsoever,.... These words are the epilogue, or conclusion of our Lord's discourse; the sum of what he had delivered in the two preceding chapters, and in this hitherto, is contained in these words; for they not only respect the exhortation about judging and reproving; but every duty respecting our neighbour; it is a summary of the whole. It is a golden rule, here delivered, and ought to be observed by all mankind, Jews and Gentiles. So the Karaite Jews l say,

"all things that a man would not take to himself, לאחיו

אין ראוי לעשותם, "it is not fit to do them to his brethren".''

And Maimonides m has expressed it much in the same words our Lord here does;

"all things whatsoever ye would that others should do to you, (says he,) do you the same to your brethren, in the law, and in the commandments:''

only there seems to be a restriction in the word "brethren"; the Jews, perhaps, meaning no other than Israelites; whereas our Lord's rule reaches to all without exception, "all things whatsoever"

ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: let them be who they will, whether brethren, or kinsmen, according to the flesh, or what not; "for this is the law and the prophets": the sum of the law and the prophets; not the whole sum of them, or the sum of the whole law: but of that part of it which respects our neighbours. Remarkable is the advice given by Hillell n to one who came to be made a proselyte by him;

"whatsoever is hateful to thee, that do not thou to thy neighbour; זו היא כל התורה כולה, "this is all the whole law", and the rest is an explication of it, go and be perfect:''

yea, this rule is not only agreeable to the law of Moses, and the prophets, but even to the law and light of nature. Aristotle being asked, how we ought to carry ourselves to our friends, answered o, as we would wish they would carry it to us. Alexander Severus, a Heathen emperor, so greatly admired this rule of Christ's, that he ordered it to be written on the walls of his closet.

l R. Eliahu Addaret, c. 3. apud Trigland de sect. Karaeorum, c. 10. p. 166. Vid. Tzeror Hammor, fol. 146. 4. m Hilch. Ebel. c. 14. sect. 1. n T. Bab. Sabbat, fol. 31. 1. Maimon. in Misn. Peah, c. 1. sect. 1. o Diog. Laert. in Vit. Aristotel. l. 5.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

All things whatsoever ... - This command has been usually called the “Saviour’s golden rule,” a name given to it on account of its great value. All that you “expect” or “desire” of others in similar circumstances, do to them. Act not from selfishness or injustice, but put yourself in the place of the other, and ask what you would expect of him. This would make you impartial, candid, and just. It would destroy avarice, envy, treachery, unkindness, slander, theft, adultery, and murder. It has been well said that this law is what the balance-wheel is to machinery. It would prevent all irregularity of movement in the moral world, as that does in a steam-engine. It is easily applied, its justice is seen by all people, and all must acknowledge its force and value.

This is the law and the prophets - That is, this is the sum or substance of the Old Testament. It is nowhere found in so many words, but if is a summary expression of all that the law required. The sentiment was in use among the Jews. Hillel, an ancient Rabbi, said to a man who wished to become a proselyte, and who asked him to teach him the whole law, “Whatever is hateful to you, do not do to another.” Something of the same sentiment was found among the ancient Greeks and Romans, and is found in the writings of Confucius.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Matthew 7:12. Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men —. This is a most sublime precept, and highly worthy of the grandeur and beneficence of the just God who gave it. The general meaning of it is this: "Guided by justice and mercy, do unto all men as you would have them to do to you, were your circumstances and theirs reversed." Yet this saying may be misunderstood. "If the prisoner should ask the judge, 'whether he would be content to be hanged, were he in his case,' he would answer, 'No.' Then, says the prisoner, do as you would be done to. - Neither of them must do as private men; but the judge must do by him as they have publicly agreed: that is, both judge and prisoner have consented to a law, that if either of them steal he shall be hanged." - Selden. None but he whose heart is filled with love to God and all mankind can keep this precept, either in its spirit or letter. Self-love will feel itself sadly cramped when brought within the limits of this precept; but God hath spoken it: it is the spirit and design of the law and the prophets; the sum of all that is laid down in the Sacred Writings, relative to men's conduct toward each other. It seems as if God had written it upon the hearts of all men, for sayings of this kind may be found among all nations, Jewish, Christian, and Heathen. See many examples in Wetstein's notes.