Matthew 23:9
And call not [any one] your father upon the earth; for one is your Father, he who is in the heavens.
Darby Translation
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 *ye*, be not ye called Rabbi; for one is your instructor, and all *ye* are brethren.
10Neither be called instructors, for one is your instructor, the Christ.
Cross References
2 Kings 2:12And Elisha saw [it], and he cried, My father, my father! the chariot of Israel and the horsemen thereof! And he saw him no more. Then he took hold of his own garments and rent them in two pieces.
2 Kings 13:14And Elisha fell sick of his sickness in which he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down to him, and wept over his face, and said, My father, my father! the chariot of Israel and the horsemen thereof!
Malachi 1:6A son honoureth [his] father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith Jehovah of hosts unto you, priests, that despise my name. But ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?
Matthew 6:32for all these things the nations seek after; for your heavenly Father knows that ye have need of all these things.
Acts 22:1Brethren and fathers, hear my defence which I now make to you.
1 Corinthians 4:15For if ye should have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus *I* have begotten you through the glad tidings.
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 →