Matthew 23:9
And call not any your father on the earth; for one is your Father, he who is in heaven.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
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 ye called Rabbi; for one is your Teacher, and all ye are brethren.
10Neither be called leaders; for one is your leader, the Christ.
Cross References
Matthew 6:32For after all these do the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that ye have need of all these.
Acts 22:1BRETHREN, and fathers, hear my defense, which I now make to you.
1 Corinthians 4:15For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I begot you through the gospel.
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 →