"The Golden Rule": A Poem of Jesus Christ

Here is a poem of Jesus Christ about the Golden Rule, a rule of ethical conduct referring to Matthew 7:12 and Luke 6:31. As Edwin Markham wrote, "We have committed the Golden Rule to memory; now let us commit it to life."

THE GOLDEN RULE

A Poem of Jesus Christ

from the Bible, New International Version (2011)

In everything, do to others

What you would have them do to you,

For this sums up the Law

And the Prophets. Do to others

As you would have them do to you.