Matthew 23:8

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Summary

Matthew 23:8

But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren.

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1 Corinthians 3:3

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General references

Luke 22:26

Bible References

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Enough for the learner to be on a level with his teacher, and for the servant to be on a level with his master. If they have called the master of the house Baal-zebul, how much more will they slander his servants?

He was still speaking when a luminous cloud spread over them; and a voice was heard from within the cloud, which said, "This is My Son dearly beloved, in whom is My delight. Listen to Him."

So he went straight to Jesus and said, "Peace to you, Rabbi!" And he kissed Him eagerly.

You call me 'The Rabbi' and 'The Master,' and rightly so, for such I am.

For this was the purpose of Christ's dying and coming to life--namely that He might be Lord both of the dead and the living.

What I mean is that each of you is a partisan. One man says "I belong to Paul;" another "I belong to Apollos;" a third "I belong to Peter;" a fourth "I belong to Christ."

you are still unspiritual. For so long as jealousy and strife continue among you, can it be denied that you are unspiritual and are living and acting like mere men of the world?

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But *I* have prayed for *you* that your faith may not fail, and you, when at last you have come back to your true self, must strengthen your brethren."

from whom the whole family in Heaven and on earth derives its name,

Paul, an Apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God--and Timothy our brother:

I John, your brother, and a sharer with you in the sorrows and Kingship and patient endurance of Jesus, found myself in the island of Patmos, on account of the Word of God and the truth told us by Jesus.

Then I fell at his feet to worship him. But he exclaimed, "Oh, do not do that. I am a fellow bondservant of yours and a fellow bondservant of your brethren who have borne testimony to Jesus. Worship God." Testimony to Jesus is the spirit which underlies Prophecy.

But he said to me, "Oh, do not do that. I am a fellow bondservant of yours, and a fellow bondservant of your brethren the Prophets and of those who are mindful of the teachings of this book. Worship God."

General references

With you it is not so; but let the greatest among you be as the younger, and the leader be like him who serves.