Matthew 23:8
But be not ye called Rabbi, for one is your leader, the Messiah; and ye all are brethren.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
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 places of public concourse, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi.
9And call no man your father upon earth; for one is your father, who is in heaven.
Cross References
Matthew 10:25It is sufficient if the disciple be as his teacher, and the servant as his master. If they have called the master of the family Beelzebub, how much more his domestics?
Matthew 23:10And be not called leaders; for one is your leader, the Messiah.
Luke 22:32but I have prayed for thee, that thy faith may not fail: and when thou art returned, stablish thy brethren.
Romans 14:9For to this end Christ both died, and rose again, and revived, that he might be the Lord both of the dead and of the living.
1 Corinthians 3:3For ye are still carnal: for since there are among you envy, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as other men?
2 Corinthians 4:5For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves 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 →