Matthew 23:8
But you must not be called Rabbi; for one is your leader, and all of you are brethren.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren.
In Context
7and salutations in the markets, and to be called by men, Rabbi, Rabbi.
9And call no man on earth your father; for one is your Father, who is in heaven.
Cross References
Matthew 10:25It is enough for the disciple, that he be as his teacher; and for the servant, that he be as his master. If they call the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more those of his household?
Matthew 23:10And be not called leaders; for one is your leader, the Christ.
Luke 22:32But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith fail not. And when you have turned to me again, strengthen your brethren.
Romans 14:9For this very purpose, Christ both died and rose, and lived again, that he might have dominion over the dead and the living.
1 Corinthians 3:3for you are yet carnal. For, since envy and strife and divisions are among you, are you not carnal, and do you not walk as men?
2 Corinthians 4:5For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your servants, for Jesus sake.
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 →