Matthew 23:9 · KJV
“And call no {man} your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.”
— Matthew 23:9
But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, {even} Christ; and all ye are brethren.
Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, {even} Christ.
Matthew 23 — Context
And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi.
8But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, {even} Christ; and all ye are brethren.
9And call no {man} your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
10Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, {even} Christ.
11But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.
Cross References
1 John 3:1
Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
Hebrews 12:9
Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected {us}, and we gave {them} reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?
Malachi 1:6
A son honoureth {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? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?
Job 32:21-22
Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person, neither let me give flattering titles unto man.
Romans 8:14-17
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
Matthew 6:8-9
Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.
Matthew 7:11
If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
1 Timothy 5:1-2
Rebuke not an elder, but intreat {him} as a father; {and} the younger men as brethren;