Jesus wraps up this section with a declaration most know as the 'golden rule'.
Rabbi Hillel said this:
Do not do to your fellow what you hate to have done to you.
This is the whole law; the rest is explanation.
You’ll notice that Rabbi Hillel states this in a negative manner – “Do not do…” And if you examine the “Golden Rule” as it is taught by almost every other religion, you will find that it is almost always stated in a similar negative manner.
And when religion is taught in that negative manner - with a whole list of “Thou shall not’s” – it attempts to compel people to behave in a certain manner with the fear of the negative consequences that will occur if one fails to refrain from those activities.
Jesus takes the negative teaching that was familiar to His audience and He turns it completely upside down by commanding us to follow a “Golden Rule” that…IS – A positive ethic compelled by love.