Matthew 7:12 (DBY)

Passage

Therefore 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.

Nearby Context

Matthew 7:10 and if he ask a fish, will give him a serpent?

Matthew 7:11 If therefore *ye*, being wicked, know [how] to give good gifts to your children, how much rather shall your Father who is in the heavens give good things to them that ask of him?

Matthew 7:12 Therefore 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.

Matthew 7:13 Enter in through the narrow gate, for wide the gate and broad the way that leads to destruction, and many are they who enter in through it.

Matthew 7:14 For narrow the gate and straitened the way that leads to life, and they are few who find it.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "all things", "therefore", "whatever", "desire", "should", "thus", and "prophets". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "all things" and "therefore", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 11's "If therefore ye being wicked know how..." into verse 13's "Enter in through the narrow gate for...", so "all things" and "therefore" belong inside that flow. In Matthew context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "all things" and "therefore" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.