Matthew 23:8
But be not ye called Rabbi; for one is your teacher; and ye are all brethren.
Noyes Bible
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 markets, and to be called by men, Rabbi.
9And call no one your father on the earth; for one is your father, he who is in heaven.
Cross References
Matthew 10:25It is enough for the disciple to be as his teacher, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they so call those of his household!
Matthew 23:10Nor be ye called leaders; for one is your leader, the Christ.
Luke 22:32But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not. And do thou, when thou hast returned to me, strengthen thy brethren.
Romans 14:9For to this end Christ died and lived again, that he might be Lord both of the dead and the living.
1 Corinthians 3:3for ye are yet unspiritual. For while there is among you rivalry and strife, are ye not unspiritual, and walking after the manner of men?
2 Corinthians 4:5For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves your bond-servants 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 →