Matthew 23:8
But you must not be called 'Rabbi,' for you have only one teacher, and all you are brothers.
Unlocked Literal 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 special greetings in the marketplaces, and to be called 'Rabbi' by people.
9And call no man on earth your father, for you have only one Father, and he is in heaven.
Cross References
Matthew 10:25It is enough for the disciple that he should be like his teacher, and the servant like his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much worse would be the names they call the members of his household!
Matthew 23:10Neither must you be called 'teacher,' for you have only one teacher, the Christ.
Luke 22:32But I have prayed for you, that your faith may not fail. After you have turned back again, strengthen your brothers.”
Romans 14:9For to this purpose Christ died and lived again, that he might be Lord of both the dead and those who are living.
1 Corinthians 3:3For you are still fleshly. For where jealousy and strife exist among you, are you not living according to the flesh, and are you not walking by human standards?
2 Corinthians 4:5For we do not proclaim 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 →