Matthew 23:8
But be not ye called Rabbi; for one is your instructor even Christ, and ye are all brethren.
1770 John Worsley NT
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
9Neither call any man upon earth Father; for one is your Father, who is in heaven:
Cross References
Matthew 10:25it is sufficient sure for the disciple that he be treated as his master, and the servant as his lord. If then they call the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more his domestics?
Matthew 23:10neither be ye called masters; for one is your master, even Christ.
Luke 22:32but I have prayed for thee, that thy faith may not fail; and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.
Romans 14:9For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and lives again, that He might be Lord both of the dead and of the living.
1 Corinthians 3:3Because ye are still carnal: for while there is among you envy and strife and divisions, are ye not carnal, and do ye not walk as men?
2 Corinthians 4:5for we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your servants for the sake of Jesus.
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 →