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Love thy neighbour as thyself

To care about other people as much as you care about yourself.

Ái nhân như kỷ.

Thương yêu người khác như thương chính bản thân mình.

Love thy neighbour as thyself

Examples

  • The charity's founder lived by one rule: love thy neighbour as thyself.

    Người sáng lập tổ chức từ thiện ấy sống theo một nguyên tắc: ái nhân như kỷ.

  • "Love thy neighbour as thyself," my grandmother would say whenever we refused to share.

    "Thương người như thể thương thân," bà tôi hay nói vậy mỗi khi bọn tôi không chịu chia cho nhau.

Origin

In short

The command comes from the book of Leviticus and was quoted by Jesus in the Gospels; English keeps the wording of the 1611 King James Bible.

The words come from the Hebrew Bible, in the book of Leviticus (19:18), among the laws given to the people of Israel: do not take revenge or bear a grudge against your own people, but love your neighbour as yourself.

In the Gospels Jesus names it the second of the two great commandments, after loving God (Matthew 22:39, Mark 12:31). In Luke a lawyer asks him who his neighbour is, and the answer is the parable of the Good Samaritan, which stretches the word to a stranger in need.

English took its wording from the King James Bible of 1611, which is why it keeps the old "thy" and "thyself". The modern "love your neighbour as yourself" means the same, and both are used well outside church.

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