Matthew 23:8
But do not allow yourselves to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have only one teacher, and you yourselves are all brothers and sisters.
Open English Bible (US)
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 to be greeted in the markets with respect, and to be called ‘Rabbi’ by everybody.
Cross References
Matthew 10:25It is enough for a student to be treated like his teacher, and a servant like his master. If the head of the house has been called Beelzebul, how much more the members of his household!
Matthew 23:10Nor must you allow yourselves to be called ‘leaders,’ for you have only one leader, the Christ.
Luke 22:32but I prayed for you, Simon, that your faith should not fail. And you, when you have returned to me, are to strengthen the others.”
Romans 14:9The purpose for which Christ died and came back to life was this – that he might be Lord over both the dead and the living.
1 Corinthians 3:3While there exist among you jealousy and party feeling, is it not true that you are worldly, and are acting merely as other people do?
2 Corinthians 4:5(For it is not ourselves that we proclaim, but Christ Jesus, as Lord, and ourselves as your 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 →