Matthew 23:9
And call no one on earth your Father, for One alone is your Father--the Heavenly Father.
Weymouth NT (1912)
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
10And do not accept the name of `leader,' for your Leader is one alone--the Christ.
Cross References
Matthew 6:32For all these are questions that Gentiles are always asking; but your Heavenly Father knows that you need these things--all of them.
Acts 22:1"Brethren and fathers," he said, "listen to my defence which I now make before you."
1 Corinthians 4:15For even if you were to have ten thousand spiritual instructors--for all that you could not have several fathers. It is I who in Christ Jesus became your father through the Good News.
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 →