Matthew 7:12 Cross References - Moffatt

¹² Well then, whatever you would like men to do to you, do just the same to them; that is the meaning of the Law and the prophets.

³⁹ There is a second like it: you must love your neighbour as yourself. ⁴⁰ The whole Law and the prophets hang upon these two commands."

²⁹ Jesus replied, "The chief one is: Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord, ³⁰ and you must love the Lord your God with your whole heart, with your whole soul, with your whole mind, and with your whole strength. ³¹ The second is this: You must love your neighbour as yourself. There is no other command greater than these." ³² The scribe said to him, "Right, teacher! You have truly said, He is One, and there is none else but Him. ³³ Also, to love him with the whole heart, with the whole understanding, and with the whole strength, and to love one's neighbour as oneself — that is far more than all holocausts and sacrifices." ³⁴ Jesus noted his intelligent answer and said to him, "You are not far off the Realm of God." After that no one ventured to put any more questions to him.

³¹ As you would like men to do to you, so do to them.

⁸ Be in debt to no man — apart from the debt of love one to another. He who loves his fellow-man has fulfilled the law. ⁹ You must not commit adultery, you must not kill, you must not steal, you must not covet — these and any other command are summed up in a single word, You must love your neighbour as yourself. ¹⁰ Love never wrongs a neighbour; that is why love is the fulfilment of the law.

¹³ Brothers, you were called to be free; only, do not make your freedom an opening for the flesh, but serve one another in love. ¹⁴ For the entire Law is summed up in one word, in You must love your neighbour as yourself

⁵ Whereas the aim of the Christian discipline is the love that springs from a pure heart, from a good conscience, and from a sincere faith.

¹⁰ For whoever obeys the whole of the Law and only makes a single slip, is guilty of everything. ¹¹ He who said, Do not commit adultery, also said, Do not kill. Now if you do not commit adultery but if you kill, you have transgressed the Law. ¹² Speak, act, as those who are to be judged by the law of freedom; ¹³ for the judgment will be merciless to the man who has shown no mercy — whereas the merciful life will triumph in the face of judgment.