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"All things whatsoever you would that men should do to you, do you even so to them."
         Matthew 7:12

"As ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise"
         Luke 6:31



To disciple Peter when asked how many times to forgive a sinner

"I say not unto thee, Until seven times; but, Until seventy times"
         Matthew 18:22   Note reference to Genesis 4:15 (7-fold punishment for harm to Cain) and 4:24 (Lamech claiming 70 and 7 fold protection)



To disciple John who forbid someone "casting out devils" who did not follow Jesus

"Forbid him not; for he that is not against us is for us"
         Luke 9:50

"Forbid him not: for there is no man which shall do a miracle in my name that can lightly speak evil of me. For he that is not against us is on our part"
         Mark 9:39