Matthew 23:9
And do not choose to call anyone on earth your father. For One is your Father, who is in heaven.
Catholic Public Domain 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 you must not be called Master. For One is your Master, and you are all brothers.
10Neither should you be called teachers. For One is your Teacher, the Christ.
Cross References
2 Kings 2:12Then Elisha saw it, and he cried out: “My father, my father! The chariot of Israel with its driver!” And he saw him no more. And he took hold of his own garments, and he tore them into two parts.
2 Kings 13:14Now Elisha was sick of the infirmity from which he also died. And Joash, the king of Israel, descended to him. And he was weeping before him, and saying: “My father, my father! The chariot of Israel and its driver!”
Malachi 1:6The son honors the father, and the servant his master. If, therefore, I am Father, where is my honor? And if I am Master, where is my fear? says the Lord of hosts to you, O priests, who despise my name. And you have said, “In what way, have we despised your name?”
Matthew 6:32For the Gentiles seek all these things. Yet your Father knows that you need all these things.
Acts 22:1“Noble brothers and fathers, listen to the explanation that I now give to you.”
1 Corinthians 4:15For you might have ten thousand instructors in Christ, but not so many fathers. For in Christ Jesus, through the Gospel, I have begotten you.
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 →