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THE MESSAGE
Matthew 23:9
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Do not call anyone on earth your father, because you have one Father, who is in heaven.
And call no man your father vpon the earth: for one is your father which is in heauen.
And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
And call no man your father on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.
"And do not call anyone on earth your father; for only One is your Father, He who is in heaven.
And don't call any person on earth ‘Father,' because you have one Father, who is in heaven.
"Do not call anyone on earth [who guides you spiritually] your father; for One is your Father, He who is in heaven.
"Do not call anyone on earth your father; for One is your Father, He who is in heaven.
And do not call anyone on earth your father; for One is your Father, He who is in heaven.
And do not call anyone on earth your father, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.
Don't call anyone on earth your father. All of you have the same Father in heaven.
And do not call anyone on earth ‘Father.' because you have one Father, and he is in heaven.
And call not [any one] your father upon the earth; for one is your Father, he who is in the heavens.
And don't call anyone on earth ‘Father.' You have one Father. He is in heaven.
And call no man your father vpon the earth: for there is but one, your father which is in heauen.
And call no one on earth, father, for one is your Father in heaven.
And you must not call anyone here on earth ‘Father,' because you have only the one Father in heaven.
And do not call anyone your father on earth, for one is your heavenly Father.
And call no one your father on earth, for One is your Father, the One in Heaven.
And call no man your father on the earth: for one is your Father, even he who is in heaven.
And give no man the name of father on earth: because one is your Father, who is in heaven.
Call no man on the eretz your father, for one is your Father, he who is in heaven.
And don't call anyone on earth 'Father,' for you have only one Father, the one in heaven.Malachi 1:6;">[xr]
And call no man Ab [fn] to you upon earth: for One is your Father, who is in heaven.
And ye shall not call yourselves Father on earth; for one is your Father, who is in heaven.
And call [no man] your father, vpon the earth: for one is your father, which is in heauen.
And call no man your father on the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
Call no man on the earth your father, for one is your Father, he who is in heaven.
And call no man your father on earth; for one is your Father, who is in heaven.
And call no one on earth your Father, for One alone is your Father--the Heavenly Father.
And nyle ye clepe to you a fadir on erthe, for oon is your fadir, that is in heuenes.
And call no man your father on the earth: for one is your Father, [even] he who is in heaven.
And call no [man] your father upon the earth: for one is your Father who is in heaven.
And call no one your ‘father' on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.
Do not call anyone on earth your father; for One is your Father, He who is in heaven.
And don't address anyone here on earth as ‘Father,' for only God in heaven is your Father.
Do not call any man here on earth your father. There is only one Father and He is in heaven.
And call no one your father on earth, for you have one Father—the one in heaven.
And, father, be none of you called, upon the earth, for, one, is your Father, the Heavenly;
And call none your father upon earth; for one is your father, who is in heaven.
And call no man your father on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.
And call no man youre father vpon the erth for there is but one youre father and he is in heven.
and ye may not call [any] your father on the earth, for one is your Father, who is in the heavens,
And call no man father vpon earth, for one is youre father, which is in heaue.
don't stile any one among you, Father upon earth; for he alone is your father, who is in heaven.
Don't call anyone on earth 'boss' because you only have one Boss and he is in heaven.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
call: 2 Kings 2:12, 2 Kings 6:21, 2 Kings 13:14, Job 32:21, Job 32:22, Acts 22:1, 1 Corinthians 4:15, 1 Timothy 5:1, 1 Timothy 5:2, Hebrews 12:9
for: Matthew 6:8, Matthew 6:9, Matthew 6:32, Malachi 1:6, Romans 8:14-17, 2 Corinthians 6:18, 1 John 3:1
Reciprocal: Judges 18:19 - a father 2 Kings 5:13 - My father Matthew 5:16 - your Father Colossians 4:1 - ye
Cross-References
Don't hit back; discover beauty in everyone. If you've got it in you, get along with everybody. Don't insist on getting even; that's not for you to do. "I'll do the judging," says God. "I'll take care of it."
Don't run up debts, except for the huge debt of love you owe each other. When you love others, you complete what the law has been after all along. The law code—don't sleep with another person's spouse, don't take someone's life, don't take what isn't yours, don't always be wanting what you don't have, and any other "don't" you can think of—finally adds up to this: Love other people as well as you do yourself. You can't go wrong when you love others. When you add up everything in the law code, the sum total is love.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And call no man your father upon the earth,.... Not but that children may, and should call their natural parents, fathers; and such who have been instrumental in the conversion of souls, may be rightly called by them their spiritual fathers; as servants and scholars also, may call those that are over them, and instruct them, their masters: our Lord does not mean, by any of these expressions, to set aside all names and titles, of natural and civil distinction among men, but only to reject all such names and titles, as are used to signify an authoritative power over men's consciences, in matters of faith and obedience; in which, God and Christ are only to be attended to. Christ's sense is, that he would have his disciples not fond of any titles of honour at all; and much less assume an authority over men, as if they were to depend on them, as the founders of the Christian religion, the authors of its doctrines and ordinances; and to take that honour to themselves, which did not belong to them; nor even choose to be called by such names, as would lead people to entertain too high an opinion of them, and take off of their dependence on God the Father, and himself, as these titles the Scribes and Pharisees loved to be called by, did: and who were called not only by the name of Rabbi, but Abba, "Father", also: hence we read of Abba Saul, or "Father" Saul n; Abba Jose ben Jochanan, a man of Jerusalem o, Abba Chanan p, Abba Chelphetha, a man of the village of Hananiah q; Abba Gorion r, and others; and this name was
לשון כבוד כמו רבי, "a name of honour, even as Rabbi" s, and of great authority: the wise men are said to be אבות הכל, "the fathers of all" t, to whom all gave heed, and upon whom all depended, as so many oracles. There is a whole treatise in their Misna, called Pirke Abot, which contains some of the oracles, and peculiar sayings of these "fathers", the Misnic doctors, and which are preferred to the writings of Moses, and the prophets. In this sense, and upon this score, our Lord inveighs against them, and cautions his disciples against giving or taking all such titles, in such sense. "For one is your Father, which is in heaven"; who is so, both by creation and adoption, and is possessed of all paternal authority; and is to be honoured and obeyed by all; from whom all wisdom and knowledge is derived, and who has the care and government of all in heaven and in earth.
n Pirke Abot, c. 2. sect. 8. o T. Bab. Yebamot, fol. 53. 2. p Ib. fol. 64. 1. q T. Bab. Bava Metzia, fol. 94. 1. & Bava Bathra. fol. 56. 2. r Massech Sopherim, c. 15. sect. 10. s Juchasiu, fol. 31. 2. & 61. 2. t Maimon. in Misn. Peah, c. 1. sect. 1.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
And 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 brethren are equal. Only God has supreme authority. He only has a right to give laws; to declare doctrines that shall bind the conscience; to punish disobedience. The Jewish teachers affected that title because they seem to have supposed that a teacher formed the man, or gave him real life, and sought, therefore, to be called father. Christ taught them that the source of all life and truth was God, and they ought not to seek or receive a title which properly belongs to him.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Matthew 23:9. Call 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. 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.
