Matthew 23:9
And call none your father upon earth; for one is your father, who is in heaven.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 not you called Rabbi. For one is your master; and all you are brethren.
10Neither be ye called masters; for one is you master, Christ.
Cross References
2 Kings 2:12And Eliseus saw him, and cried: My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the driver thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own garments, and rent them in two pieces.
2 Kings 13:14Now Eliseus was sick of the illness whereof he died: and Joas king of Israel went down to him, and wept before him, and said: O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel and the guider thereof.
Malachi 1:6The son honoureth the father, and the servant his master: if then I be a father, where is my honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the Lord of hosts.
Matthew 6:32For after all these things do the heathens seek. For your Father knoweth that you have need of all these things.
Acts 22:1Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye the account which I now give unto you.
1 Corinthians 4:15For if you have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet not many fathers. For in Christ Jesus, by 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 →