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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A pupil should be satisfied to come to be like his teacher, or a slave, to come to be like his master. If men have called the head of the house Beelzebub, how much worse names will they give to the members of his household!

As he spoke a bright cloud overshadowed them and a voice from the cloud said, "This is my Son, my Beloved. He is my Chosen. Listen to him!"

And he went straight up to Jesus and said, "Good evening, Master!" and kissed him affectionately.

You call me Teacher and Master, and you are right, for that is what I am.

For Christ died and returned to life for the very purpose of being Lord of both the dead and the living.

What I mean is this, that one of you says, "I am a follower of Paul," another, "And I, of Apollos," another, "And I, of Cephas," and another, "And I, of Christ!"

for you are still worldly. For when there are still jealousy and quarrels among you, are you not worldly and living on a merely human level?

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but I have prayed that your own faith may not fail. And afterward you yourself must turn and strengthen your brothers."

from whom every family in heaven or on earth takes its name,

Paul, by God's will an apostle of Christ Jesus, and our brother Timothy,

I, John, your brother and companion in the distress, the kingdom, and the endurance that Jesus brings, found myself on the island called Patmos, for uttering God's message and testifying to Jesus.

I fell at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, "You must not do that. I am only a fellow-slave of yours and of your brothers who have accepted the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is what inspires prophecy."

But he said to me, "You must not do that. I am only a fellow-slave of yours and of your brothers the prophets and the men who heed the words of this book. Worship God!

General references

But you are not to do so, but whoever is greatest among you must be like the youngest, and the leader like a servant.