Matthew 23:9
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“And do not call anyone on earth your father, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.”
Read Matthew 23:9 in the flow of Matthew23 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open Matthew23 to see the surrounding context.
“And do not call anyone on earth your father, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And call no man your father on the earth: for one is your Father, even he who is in heaven.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and ye may not call <FI>any<Fi> your father on the earth, for one is your Father, who is in the heavens,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Matthew 23:9 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Kings 2:12As Elisha watched, he cried out, “My father, my father, the chariots and horsemen of Israel!” And he saw Elijah no more. So taking hold of his own clothes, he tore them in two.
- 2 Kings 6:21And when the king of Israel saw them, he asked Elisha, “My father, shall I kill them? Shall I kill them?”
- 2 Kings 13:14When Elisha had fallen sick with the illness from which he would die, Jehoash king of Israel came down to him and wept over him, saying, “My father, my father, the chariots and horsemen of Israel!”
- Job 32:21I will be partial to no one, nor will I flatter any man.
- Malachi 1:6“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. But if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is your fear of Me?” says the LORD of Hosts to you priests who despise My name. “But you ask, ‘How have we despised Your name?’
- Matthew 6:8Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.
- Matthew 6:32For the Gentiles strive after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.
- Matthew 7:11So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!
- Acts 22:1“Brothers and fathers, listen now to my defense before you.”
- Romans 8:14For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.
- 1 Corinthians 4:15Even if you have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel.
- 2 Corinthians 6:18And: “I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”
- 1 Timothy 5:1Do not rebuke an older man, but appeal to him as to a father. Treat younger men as brothers,
- Hebrews 12:9Furthermore, we have all had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we respected them. Should we not much more submit to the Father of our spirits and live?
- 1 John 3:1Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him.
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