Matthew 7:12 (DRB)

Passage

All things therefore whatsoever you would that men should do to you, do you also to them. For this is the law and the prophets.

Nearby Context

Matthew 7:10 Or if he shall ask him a fish, will he reach him a serpent?

Matthew 7:11 If you then being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children: how much more will your Father who is in heaven, give good things to them that ask him?

Matthew 7:12 All things therefore whatsoever you would that men should do to you, do you also to them. For this is the law and the prophets.

Matthew 7:13 Enter ye in at the narrow gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction, and many there are who go in thereat.

Matthew 7:14 How narrow is the gate, and strait is the way that leadeth to life: and few there are that find it!

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "all things", "therefore", "whatsoever", "should", 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 you then being evil know how..." into verse 13's "Enter ye in at the narrow gate...", 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.