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<p>Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay
no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your
brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time
there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank
out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck
from your brother’s eye.<br />
<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%207%3A3-5&amp;version=NIV" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Matthew 7:3-5</a></p>
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<p>One should not consider the faults of others, nor their doing or not
doing good or bad deeds. One should consider only whether one has done
or not done good or bad deeds.<br />
<a href="https://www.tipitaka.net/tipitaka/dhp/verseload.php?verse=050" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Dhammapada 50</a></p>
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ruben2020
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  <p><em>How can I inflict upon another what is displeasing and disagreeable to me? <a href="https://suttacentral.net/sn55.7/en/sujato" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Veludvareyya Sutta</a></em></p>
  
  <p><em>And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise. Luke 6:31</em></p>
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  <p><em>In the same way others each love themselves, Therefore one who cares for himself should not harm another. <a href="https://suttacentral.net/en/ud5.1" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Udana 5.1</a></em></p>
  
  <p><em>‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ Mark 12:31</em></p>
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Love the 2nd one a lot.  Is Ud short for Udana?
William
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what type of verses are you seeking? there are numerous similar sayings
Dhamma Dhatu
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These were  good
William
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Dhamma Dhatu
<p>What verse that has actually meaning and carries value is similar in both Buddhism and Christianity?</p>

<p>This may be closed as to broad but I think it holds value to have a verse that crosses between such distinct and different religions.</p>

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Buddhist Verse Closest To Christian/Jewish Verse
# Buddhist Verse Closest To Christian/Jewish Verse

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-01-03)

What verse that has actually meaning and carries value is similar in both Buddhism and Christianity?

This may be closed as to broad but I think it holds value to have a verse that crosses between such distinct and different religions.

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2017-01-03. Score: 8 | Accepted answer

> *How can I inflict upon another what is displeasing and disagreeable to me? [Veludvareyya Sutta](https://suttacentral.net/sn55.7/en/sujato)*
>
> *And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise. Luke 6:31*

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> *In the same way others each love themselves, Therefore one who cares for himself should not harm another. [Udana 5.1](https://suttacentral.net/en/ud5.1)*
>
> *‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ Mark 12:31*

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Love the 2nd one a lot.  Is Ud short for Udana?  
> **username_2**: what type of verses are you seeking? there are numerous similar sayings  
> **username_0**: These were  good  

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### Answer by username_1 on 2021-10-08. Score: 2

> Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay
> no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your
> brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time
> there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank
> out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck
> from your brother’s eye.  
> [Matthew 7:3-5](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%207%3A3-5&version=NIV)

> One should not consider the faults of others, nor their doing or not
> doing good or bad deeds. One should consider only whether one has done
> or not done good or bad deeds.  
> [Dhammapada 50](https://www.tipitaka.net/tipitaka/dhp/verseload.php?verse=050)


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