What does Luke 6:31 mean?

And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.
Luke 6:31, King James Version

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The verse in its chapter

Luke 6:29-33

  1. 29 And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloke forbid not to take thy coat also.
  2. 30 Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again.
  3. 31 And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.
  4. 32 For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them.
  5. 33 And if ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have ye? for sinners also do even the same.

Study note

Tyndale Open Study Notes (CC BY-SA 4.0).

6:31 Do to others as you would like them to do to you: While the Golden Rule appears in some form in various religious and philosophical traditions, only in Jesus’ teaching is love for all people, including enemies, the fundamental ethic that governs all behavior.

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About the book of Luke

Author
anonymous; tradition credits Luke, physician and companion of Paul (Luke 1:3)
When
c. AD 60 to 80
Period
Vida de Jesus, c. 5 a.C. a 33 d.C. (in Portuguese)

Authorship: the book itself or Christian tradition. Approximate dates, as in Carson and Moo, An Introduction to the New Testament, and Longman and Dillard, An Introduction to the Old Testament.

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