Matthew 23:9
And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
Updated King James Version
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 all of you called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all you are brethren.
10Neither be all of you called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ.
Cross References
2 Kings 2:12And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.
2 Kings 13:14Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof.
Malachi 1:6A son honors his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? says the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And all of you say, Wherein have we despised your name?
Matthew 6:32(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knows that all of you have need of all these things.
Acts 22:1Men, brethren, and fathers, hear all of you my defence which I make now unto you.
1 Corinthians 4:15For though all of you have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have all of you not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.
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 →