“The Golden Rule is a ‘call to creativity.’ Far from being a wooden rule to look back and ‘do to others what others have done to you,’ which would be counsel to reciprocate proportionally, it is counsel to look forward and to anticipate what others would like done and so be initiatory. And Jesus’ command to act in this creative way applies not only to disciples’ relations with other disciples, but with all human beings, as the use of the word ‘people’ rather than ‘brothers’ or even ‘neighbors’ indicates.”
— Bruner, Matthew, A Commentary