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The phrase '''Golden rule''' is established in English as the name for a Biblical teaching<ref>"Golden rule, n. The biblical teaching that one should behave toward others as one would have others behave toward oneself." [http://www.bartleby.com/61/25/G0182500.html American Heritage dictionary]</ref> often phrased as "do unto others as you would have others do unto you." In this form it qualifies as a "familiar misquotation." It is expressed twice in the Gospels as the words of Jesus:

The phrase '''Golden rule''' is established in English as the name for a Biblical teaching<ref>"Golden rule, n. The biblical teaching that one should behave toward others as one would have others behave toward oneself." [http://www.bartleby.com/61/25/G0182500.html American Heritage dictionary]</ref> often phrased as "do unto others as you would have others do unto you." In this form it qualifies as a "familiar misquotation." It is expressed twice in the Gospels as the words of Jesus:

:"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=6|verses=31|version=KJV}}

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]].

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]].