Matthew 23:9
And do not designate a father of you upon the earth, for one is your Father, he in the heavens.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
In Context
8But be ye not designated Rabbi, for one is your leader, the Christ, and ye are all brothers.
10And be ye not designated leaders, for one is your leader, the Christ.
Cross References
2 Kings 2:12And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and the horsemen of it! And he saw him no more. And he took hold of his own clothes, and tore them in two pieces.
2 Kings 13:14Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness of which he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down to him, and wept over him, and said, My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and the horsemen of it!
Malachi 1:6A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If then I am a father, where is my honor? and if I am a master, where is my fear? says LORD of hosts to you, O priests, who despise my name. And ye say, How have we despised thy na
Matthew 6:32For the Gentiles seek after all these things, for your heavenly Father knows that ye need all these things.
Acts 22:1Men, brothers, and fathers, hear now my defense to you.
1 Corinthians 4:15For though ye have countless instructors in Christ, yet not many fathers. For in Christ Jesus I begot you through the good-news.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 23:2-13
The Scribes and Pharisees Condemned; Cautions against Pride. 1 Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples, 2 Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat: 3 All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not. 4 For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. 5 But all their works they do for to be seen of men:… Read the whole commentary →