Matthew 23:8
But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for there is one who is your instructor, the Christ, and you are all brothers.
Text-Critical English 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
7greetings in the marketplaces, and when others call them ‘ Rabbi, Rabbi.’
Cross References
Matthew 10:25It is sufficient for a disciple to be like his teacher and for a servant to be like his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign the members of his household!
Matthew 23:10Neither are you to be called instructors, for there is one who is your instructor, the Christ.
Luke 22:32But I have prayed for yoʋ that yoʋr faith may not fail. Once yoʋ have turned back, strengthen yoʋr brothers.”
Romans 14:9For this reason Christ died and then rose and lived again, so that he might be Lord over both the dead and the living.
1 Corinthians 3:3for you are still of the flesh. For where there is jealousy, strife, and division among you, are you not of the flesh and behaving like mere men?
2 Corinthians 4:5For what we preach is not ourselves, 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 →