Matthew 7:12 (YLT)

Passage

`All things, therefore, whatever ye may will that men may be doing to you, so also do to them, for this is the law and the prophets.

Nearby Context

Matthew 7:10 and if a fish he may ask--a serpent will he present to him?

Matthew 7:11 if, therefore, ye being evil, have known good gifts to give to your children, how much more shall your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens give good things to those asking him?

Matthew 7:12 `All things, therefore, whatever ye may will that men may be doing to you, so also do to them, for this is the law and the prophets.

Matthew 7:13 `Go ye in through the strait gate, because wide <FI>is<Fi> the gate, and broad the way that is leading to the destruction, and many are those going in through it;

Matthew 7:14 how strait <FI>is<Fi> the gate, and compressed the way that is leading to the life, and few are those finding it!

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "all things", "therefore", "whatever", "doing", 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 evil have known..." into verse 13's "Go ye in through the strait 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.