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The phrase '''Golden rule''' is established in English as the name for a Biblical teaching often phrased as "do unto others as you would have others do unto you."<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> In this form it qualifies as a "familiar misquotation." It is expressed twice in the Gospels as a teaching of Jesus:
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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 a teaching of Jesus:
 
:Matthew 7:12, "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."
 
:Matthew 7:12, "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."
 
:Luke 6:31, "And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise."
 
:Luke 6:31, "And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise."
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* "What is hateful to you, do not to your fellow man." &mdash; Hillel the Elder (ca. 50 BC-10 AD
 
* "What is hateful to you, do not to your fellow man." &mdash; Hillel the Elder (ca. 50 BC-10 AD
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==Notes and references==
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