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:"Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets." {{bible ref|book=Matthew|chap=7|verses=12|version=KJV}}
 
:"Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets." {{bible ref|book=Matthew|chap=7|verses=12|version=KJV}}
 
:"And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise." {{bible ref|book=Luke|chap=10|verses=27|version=KJV}}
 
:"And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise." {{bible ref|book=Luke|chap=10|verses=27|version=KJV}}
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By referring to "the law and the prophets," Jesus is saying that the principle is not original with him, but is his expression of a principle of Judaic law.
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By referring to "the law and the prophets," Jesus is saying that the principle is not original with him, but is his expression of a principle of Judaic law, a supercession of the original [[Lex Talionis]].
    
==Historical Formulations==
 
==Historical Formulations==

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