Matthew 23:8
But you, do not be called ‘Rabbi’; for One is your Teacher, the Christ, and you are all brothers.
English Majority Text (NT)
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 greetings in the marketplaces, and to be called by men, ‘Rabbi, Rabbi.’
9Do not call anyone on earth your father; for One is your Father, He who is in heaven.
Cross References
Matthew 10:25It is enough for a disciple that he become like his teacher, and the servant like his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more will they call his household members!
Matthew 23:10Neither be called teachers; for One is your Teacher, the Christ.
Luke 22:32But I have prayed for you, that your faith should not fail; and when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”
Romans 14:9For to this end Christ died and rose and lived again, so that He might be Lord both of the dead and the living.
1 Corinthians 3:3for you are still carnal. For where there are envy, strife, and divisions among you, are you not carnal, and walking according to human principles?
2 Corinthians 4:5For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your bondservants for Jesus' sake.
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 →