Verse 8
Matthew 23:8
Bible in Basic English
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But you may not be named Teacher: for one is your teacher, and you are all brothers.
Original Language Text
greek
ὑμεῖς δὲ μὴ κληθῆτε· Ῥαββί, εἷς γάρ ἐστιν ὑμῶν ὁ ⸀διδάσκαλος, πάντες δὲ ὑμεῖς ἀδελφοί ἐστε·
English Translation
But you should not be called Rabbi; for one is your Teacher, and you are all brothers.
AI translation from greek via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 23 Context
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Then Yashua (Jesus) said to the people and to his disciples:
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The scribes and the Pharisees have the authority of Moses;
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All things, then, which they give you orders to do, these do and keep: but do not take their works a...
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They make hard laws and put great weights on men's backs; but they themselves will not put a finger...
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But all their works they do so as to be seen by men: for they make wide their phylacteries, and the...
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And the things desired by them are the first places at feasts, and the chief seats in the Synagogues...
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And words of respect in the market-places, and to be named by men, Teacher.
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But you may not be named Teacher: for one is your teacher, and you are all brothers.
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And give no man the name of father on earth: because one is your Father, who is in heaven.
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And you may not be named guides: because one is your Guide, even Christ.
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But let the greatest among you be your servant.
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And whoever makes himself high will be made low, and whoever makes himself low will be made high.
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But a curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! because you are shutting the kingdom of he...
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A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you go about land and sea to get one disci...
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A curse is on you, blind guides, who say, Whoever takes an oath by the Temple, it is nothing; but wh...
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You foolish ones and blind: which is greater, the gold, or the Temple which makes the gold holy?
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And, Whoever takes an oath by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever takes an oath by the offering wh...
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You blind ones: which is greater, the offering, or the altar which makes the offering holy?
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He, then, who takes an oath by the altar, takes it by the altar and by all things on it.
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And he who takes an oath by the Temple, takes it by the Temple and by him whose house it is.
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And he who takes an oath by heaven, takes it by the seat of God (Elohim), and by him who is seated o...
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A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you make men give a tenth of all sorts of...
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You blind guides, who take out a fly from your drink, but make no trouble over a camel.
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A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you make clean the outside of the cup and...
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You blind Pharisee, first make clean the inside of the cup and of the plate, so that the outside may...
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A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you are like the resting-places of the dea...
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Even so you seem to men to be full of righteousness, but inside you are all false and full of wrongd...
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A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! because you put up buildings for housing the d...
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If we had been living in the days of our fathers, we would not have taken part with them in the bloo...
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So that you are witnesses against yourselves that you are the sons of those who put the prophets to...
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Make full, then, the measure of your fathers.
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You snakes, offspring of snakes, how will you be kept from the punishment of hell?
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For this reason, I send you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: some of them you will put to death...
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So that on you may come all the blood of the upright on the earth, from the blood of upright Abel to...
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Truly I say to you, All these things will come on this generation.
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O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, putting to death the prophets, and stoning those who are sent to her! Again...
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See, your house is made waste.
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For I say to you, You will not see me from this time till you say, A blessing on him who comes in th...
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