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Golden Rule in the New Testament, saying of Jesus. In the Gospel of Matthew he says, "In everything do to others as you would have them do to you; for this is the law and the prophets." The Gospel of St. Luke has "Do to others as you would have them do to you." It is stated negatively in the Book of Tobit in the Arpocrypha.

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Golden Rule. A (modern) name for the precept ‘Whatever you wish that men would do to you, do so to them’ (Mt. 7: 12).

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gold·en rule • n. a basic principle that should be followed to ensure success in general or in a particular activity: one of the golden rules in this class is punctuality. ∎ (often Golden Rule) the biblical rule of “do unto others as you would have them do unto you” (Matt. 7:12).

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