Luke 6:31

Luke 6:31 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.
• New International Version (NIV)Do to others as you would have them do to you.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And just as you want men to do to you, you also do to them likewise.

Context of Luke 6:31

29Someone may slap you on one side of your face. Then you should let him slap the other side of your face too. Someone may take away your coat. If he does, do not stop him from taking your shirt too. 30When anyone asks you for something, give it to him. Someone may take something that belongs to you. If he does, let him keep it. Do not ask to have it back again. Do the good things for other people that you would want them to do for you. 32Do you only love people who love you? God will not praise you just for doing that! Even bad people love those people who love them. 33Do you only do good things to people that do good things to you? God will not praise you just for doing that! Even bad people do the same thing.

Luke 6:31 word by word

καὶ καθὼς θέλετε ἵνα ποιῶσιν ὑμῖν οἱ ἄνθρωποι, ποιεῖτε αὐτοῖς ὁμοίως.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• asκαθώςkathōs · as/just asG2531
• ye wouldθέλωthelō ethelō · to will/desireG2309
• thatἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• menὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• menἄνθρωποςanthrōpos · a humanG444
• should do toποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
• youσύsu · youG4771
• to themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• likewiseὁμοίωςhomoiōs · similarlyG3668

Cross-references for Luke 6:31

• Matthew 7:12So do the good things for other people that you would want them to do for you. That is true in everything you do. That is what God's Law and the messages of God's prophets teach us.’
• Matthew 22:39The second rule is also important, like the first one. You should love other people as much as you love yourself.
• Galatians 5:14One rule brings together all the rules in God's Law. That one rule says: ‘Love other people as much as you love yourself.’
• James 2:8But the message of God's kingdom is this: ‘Love other people as much as you love yourself.’ That is what the Bible says. If you really do that, you do well.

Commentaries on Luke 6:31

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20-49Verses 20-49 See this passage fully illustrated in the sermon on the mount, in Luke 6:21 That hunger now - Matthew has it, “that hunger and thirst after righteousness.” Matthew has expressed more fully what Luke has briefly, but there is no contradiction. Luke 6:24-26 These verses have been omitted by Matthew. They seem to have been spoken to the Pharisees. Who are rich - In this world‘s goods. They loved them; they had sought for them; they found their…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 27-36Verses 27-36 These are hard lessons to flesh and blood. But if we are thoroughly grounded in the faith of Christ's love, this will make his commands easy to us. Every one that comes to him for washing in his blood, and knows the greatness of the mercy and the love there is in him, can say, in truth and sincerity, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? Let us then aim to be merciful, even according to the mercy of our heavenly Father to us.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 31Do to others as you would have them do to you: This saying is often called the Golden Rule. Versions of the Golden Rule appear in many religious and philosophical traditions. In the teaching of Jesus, however, love for all people (including enemies) is not merely one virtue among others but the foundational ethic that governs all behavior.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 27-3627-36. (See on Mt 5:44-48; Mt 7:12; and Mt 14:12-14.)Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 6:31

• Commandments
• Enemy
• Forgiveness
• Golden Rule
• Good for Evil
• Honesty
• Integrity
• Jesus, the Christ
• Love
• Poor
• Sermon

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Commentaries on Luke 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings