Matthew 23:9
And ye shall not call yourselves Father on earth; for one is your Father, who is in heaven.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
In Context
8But be not ye called Rabbi; for one is your Rabbi, and ye are all brethren.
10And be ye not called guides; for one is your Guide, the Messiah.
Cross References
Matthew 6:32For, all these things the people of the world seek after. And your Father, who is in heaven, knoweth that all these things are needful to you.
Acts 22:1Brethren, and fathers, hearken to my defence before you.
1 Corinthians 4:15For though ye have a myriad of teachers in Messiah, yet not many fathers; for in Jesus Messiah, I have begotten you by preaching.
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 →