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Golden Rule

Golden Rule, in the New Testament, saying of Jesus. In the Gospel of Matthew he says, “In everything do to others as you would have them do to you; for this is the law and the prophets.” The Gospel of St. Luke has “Do to others as you would have them do to you.” It is stated negatively in the Book of Tobit in the Arpocrypha.

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