Matthew 23:9 KJV — MannaFest

Matthew 23:9

And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.

KJV

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ASV

And call no man your father on the earth: for one is your Father, even he who is in heaven.

WEB

And do not call anyone on earth your father, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.

YLT

and ye may not call any your father on the earth, for one is your Father, who is in the heavens,

DBT

And call not [any one] your father upon the earth; for one is your Father, he who is in the heavens.

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Matthew — The Gospel of the promised King. Five discourses punctuate the narrative; roughly sixty-five Old Testament citations bind the story to the prophets.

Author: Matthew (Levi), a former tax collector called by Jesus
Date: c. AD 50–60

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Matthew 6:9
After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
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.

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He exhibits a charge against them for divers high crimes and misdemeanors, corrupting the law, opposing the gospel, and treacherous dealing both with God and man; and to each article he prefixes a woe,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Christ's ministers must not affect the name of Rabbi or Master, by way of distinction from other people; it is not agreeable to the simplicity of the gospel, for them to covet or accept the honour which they have that are in kings' palaces.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

The reason given is, One is your Father, who is in heaven. God is our Father, and is All in all in our religion. He is the Fountain of it, and its Founder; the Life of it, and its Lord; from whom alone, as the Original, our spiritual life is derived, and on whom it depends.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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