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Matthew 23:9
9And call not [any one] your father upon the earth; for one is your Father, he who is in the heavens.
Matthew 23:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
- New International Version (NIV)And do not call anyone on earth ‘father,’ for you have one Father, and he is in heaven.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And call no man your father on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Do not call anyone on earth your father; for One is your Father, He who is in heaven.
Context of Matthew 23:9
7and salutations in the market-places, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi. 8But ye, be not ye called Rabbi; for one is your instructor, and all ye are brethren. And call not [any one] your father upon the earth; for one is your Father, he who is in the heavens. 10Neither be called instructors, for one is your instructor, the Christ. 11But the greatest of you shall be your servant.
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Καὶ πατέρα μὴ καλέσητε ὑμῶν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς· εἷς γάρ ἐστιν ὑμῶν ὁ πατὴρ ὁ οὐράνιος.Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Matthew 23:9
- 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. Then he took hold of his own garments and rent them in two pieces.
- 2 Kings 6:21And the king of Israel said to Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite? shall I smite [them]?
- 2 Kings 13:14And Elisha fell sick of his sickness in which he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down to him, and wept over his face, and said, My father, my father! the chariot of Israel and the horsemen thereof!
- Job 32:21Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person; neither will I give flattery to man.
- Acts 22:1Brethren and fathers, hear my defence which I now make to you.
- 1 Corinthians 4:15For if ye should have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the glad tidings.
- 1 Timothy 5:1Rebuke not an elder sharply, but exhort [him] as a father, younger [men] as brethren,
- Hebrews 12:9Moreover we have had the fathers of our flesh as chasteners, and we reverenced [them]; shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live?
- Matthew 6:8Be not ye therefore like them, for your Father knows of what things ye have need before ye beg [anything] of him.
- Malachi 1:6A 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 Jehovah of hosts unto you, priests, that despise my name. But ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?
- Romans 8:14for as many as are led by [the] Spirit of God, these are sons of God.
- 2 Corinthians 6:18and I will be to you for a Father, and ye shall be to me for sons and daughters, saith [the] Lord Almighty.
- 1 John 3:1See what love the Father has given to us, that we should be called [the] children of God. For this reason the world knows us not, because it knew him not.
Commentaries on Matthew 23:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Call no man your Father - Our Lord probably alludes to the Ab, or father of the Sanhedrin, who was the next after the nasi, or president. See on Matthew 20:21; (note). By which he gives his disciples to understand that he would have no Second, after himself, established in his Church, of which he alone was the head; and that perfect equality must subsist among them.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9And call no man your Father - This does not, of course, forbid us to apply the term to our real father. Religion requires all proper honor to be shown to Him, Exodus 20:12; Matthew 15:4; Ephesians 6:1-3. But the word “father” also denotes “authority, eminence, superiority, a right to command, and a claim to particular respect.” In this sense it is used here. In this sense it belongs eminently to God, and it is not right to give it to people. Christian…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9Later Jewish writings show that people respected teachers by calling them Father (see, for example, Mishnah Eduyyoth 1:4). one Father: See Matthew 6:9; Malachi 2:10; compare 1 Corinthians 4:15.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven, &c.--To construe these injunctions into a condemnation of every title by which Church rulers may be distinguished from the flock which they rule, is virtually to condemn that rule itself; and accordingly the same persons do both--but against the whole strain of the New Testament and sound Christian judgment. But when we have guarded ourselves against these extremes…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Matthew 23
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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