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You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against any of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.

The Book of Leviticus

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Love Your Neighbor

Topic: Virtue, Morality, & Ethics

“You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against any of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.”


Judaism and Christianity
The Book of Leviticus

Wilson, Andrew, editor. World Scripture - a Comparative Anthology of Sacred Texts. Paragon House, 1991, p. 114 [Leviticus 19.18].

Leviticus 19.18

“You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Leviticus 19.18: Quoted by Jesus in Matthew 22.36-40.

–Andrew Wilson, editor [World Scripture – a Comparative Anthology of Sacred Texts] p. 114.

The Golden Rule Chronology

c. 1450 BC to 450 BC The Jewish Bible has golden-rule like passages, including: “Don’t oppress a foreigner, for you well know how it feels to be a foreigner, since you were foreigners yourselves in the land of Egypt” (Exodus 23:9) and “Love your neighbor as yourself” (Leviticus 19:18).

–Rev, Dr. Harry Gensler S.J., [The Golden Rule Chronology].

Resources

  • Rev., Dr. Harry Gensler S.J., The Golden Rule Chronology website
  • World Scripture: A Comparative Anthology of Sacred Texts

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  • The Great Commandment - Jesus, The Gospel of Matthew
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