Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
And call not your father upon earth: for one is your Father, which in the heavens.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
And don't call anyone on earth "Father,' because you have only one Father, the one in heaven.
A Conservative Version
And do not designate a father of you upon the earth, for one is your Father, he in the heavens.
American Standard Version
And call no man your father on the earth: for one is your Father, even he who is in heaven.
Amplified
An Understandable Version
And do not call any man on earth 'father,' [i.e., in a religious sense], for the [only] one who is your Father is in heaven.
Anderson New Testament
And call no man on earth your father; for one is your Father, who is in heaven.
Bible in Basic English
And give no man the name of father on earth: because one is your Father, who is in heaven.
Common New Testament
And do not call anyone on earth your 'Father,' for you have one Father, he who is in heaven.
Daniel Mace New Testament
don't stile any one among you, Father upon earth; for he alone is your father, who is in heaven.
Darby Translation
And call not any one your father upon the earth; for one is your Father, he who is in the heavens.
Godbey New Testament
And call no man father upon the earth: for One is your Heavenly Father.
Goodspeed New Testament
And you must not call anyone on earth your father, for you have only one father, your heavenly Father.
John Wesley New Testament
And call no man your father on earth; for one is your Father, who is in heaven.
King James 2000
And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, who is in heaven.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And do not call [anyone] your father on earth, for one is your heavenly Father.
Modern King James verseion
And call no one your father on the earth, for One is your Father in Heaven.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And call ye no man your father upon the earth, for there is but one, your father, and he is in heaven.
Moffatt New Testament
you are not to call anyone 'father' on earth, for One is your heavenly Father;
Montgomery New Testament
"and call no one 'Father' on earth, for One is your Father in heaven.
NET Bible
And call no one your 'father' on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.
New Heart English Bible
Call no man on the earth your father, for one is your Father, he who is in heaven.
Noyes New Testament
And call no one your father on the earth; for one is your father, he who is in heaven.
Sawyer New Testament
And call no man your father on the earth, for one is your heavenly Father.
The Emphasized Bible
And, father, be none of you called, upon the earth, for, one, is your Father, the Heavenly;
Thomas Haweis New Testament
And call no man your father upon earth; for one is your father, who is in heaven.
Twentieth Century New Testament
And do not call any one Father, the heavenly Father.
Webster
And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father who is in heaven.
Weymouth New Testament
And call no one on earth your Father, for One alone is your Father--the Heavenly Father.
Williams New Testament
And you must not call anyone on earth 'father,' for the Heavenly One is your Father.
World English Bible
Call no man on the earth your father, for one is your Father, he who is in heaven.
Worrell New Testament
And call no one your father on the earth; for One is your Father, the Heavenly.
Worsley New Testament
Neither call any man upon earth Father; for one is your Father, who is in heaven:
Youngs Literal Translation
and ye may not call any your father on the earth, for one is your Father, who is in the heavens,
Themes
Calling » What not to call someone
Ecclesiasticism » Jewish, rebuked by jesus
Father » Forbidden to be used as a title among the disciples
God » Fatherhood of » God spoken of as the father of all men
Greatness » The greatest of men
Heavenly » Father » God spoken of as the father of all men
Jesus Christ » Jesus Christ being the only Christ
Pharisees » Hypocrisy of, reproved » By jesus
Pharisees » Character of » Fond of distinguished titles
Satire » Of jesus against hypocrites
Servants » Who shall be servant of all
Teachers » FALSE » Admonition against
Universal » Blessing, possible » God spoken of as the father of all men
Topics
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References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 23:9
Images Matthew 23:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Seven Woes Pronounced On The Scribes And Pharisees
8 And be ye not called Rabbi: for one is your guide, Christ; and all ye are brethren. 9 And call not your father upon earth: for one is your Father, which in the heavens. 10 Nor be ye called leaders, for one is your Leader, Christ.
Names
Cross References
Malachi 1:6
A son will honor the father, and the servant his lord; and if I a father, where mine honor? and if I their lord, where my fear? said Jehovah of armies to you, O priests despising my name. And ye said, In what did we despise thy name?
Matthew 7:11
If ye, therefore, being evil, know to give good gifts to your children how much more will your Father which is in the heavens give good things to those asking him?
1 Corinthians 4:15
For if ye have ten thousand preceptors in Christ, but not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus by the good news I begat you.
2 Kings 2:12
And Elisha saw, and he crying, My father, my father!, the chariot of Israel and his horsemen! and he saw him no more: and he will lay hold upon his garments and rend them into two rents.
2 Kings 6:21
And the king of Israel will say to Elisha when he saw them, Shall I strike? shall I strike, my father?
2 Kings 13:14
And Elisha was sick with his sickness which he will die in it. And Joash king of Israel will come down to him and weep over his face, and say, My father! my father the chariot of Israel and its horsemen
Job 32:21-22
Not now shall I lift up the face of man, and I shall not flatter to man.
Matthew 6:8-9
Therefore make not yourselves like them: for your Father knows of what things ye have need before ye ask him.
Matthew 6:32
For all these the nations seek for; for your heavenly Father knows that ye have need of all these.
Acts 22:1
Men, brethren, and fathers, hear my defence to you.
Romans 8:14-17
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are the sons of God.
2 Corinthians 6:18
And I will be to you for a Father, and ye shall be to me for sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.
1 Timothy 5:1-2
An elder shouldest thou not reprove, but beseech as a father; the younger as brethren;
Hebrews 12:9
Since we truly have fathers of our flesh instructors, and we were influenced: shall we not rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and we shall live?
1 John 3:1
See ye, what kind of love the Father has given us, that we should be called the children of God: for this the world knows us not, for it knew him not.