With the consideration of those of the first class I shall not trouble the reader, but shall devote this chapter to the examination of those which are supposed to have originated from him.

These are, 1st, ' Do to others what you would that others should do to you.' 2d, ' Resist not the injurious person; but if a man smite thee on one cheek, turn to him the other also.' 3d, If a man ask thy cloak, give him thy coat also.' 4th, ' If thou wouldest be perfect, sell all that thou hast, and give to the poor; and come follow me.' 5th, ' Unless a man hate his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and possessions, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.' 6th, ' Take no thought for the morrow.' With regard to the first of these maxims, it does not belong to Jesus, as the author.

It is found in the book of Tobit, chapter iv.
15, and it was a maxim well known to the Rabbins.

It is found in the Talmud verbatim.

"What thou wouldest not have done to thee, do not thou to another." (Tal.Bab.Schabbat.fol.