Matthew 23:8
But be not you called Rabbi. For one is your master; and all you are brethren.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 market place, and to be called by men, Rabbi.
9And call none your father upon earth; for one is your father, who is in heaven.
Cross References
Matthew 10:25It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the goodman of the house Beelzebub, how much more them of his household?
Matthew 23:10Neither be ye called masters; for one is you master, Christ.
Luke 22:32But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and thou, being once converted, confirm thy brethren.
Romans 14:9For to this end Christ died and rose again; that he might be Lord both of the dead and of the living.
1 Corinthians 3:3For, whereas there is among you envying and contention, are you not carnal, and walk according to man ?
2 Corinthians 4:5For we preach not ourselves, but Jesus Christ our Lord; and ourselves your servants through Jesus.
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 →