Verse 9
Matthew 23:9
Darby Translation
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And call not [any one] your father upon the earth; for one is your Father, he who is in the heavens.
Original Language Text
greek
καὶ πατέρα μὴ καλέσητε ὑμῶν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, εἷς γάρ ἐστιν ⸂ὑμῶν ὁ πατὴρ⸃ ὁ ⸀οὐράνιος·
English Translation
And do not call anyone your father on earth, for you have one Father, the heavenly one.
AI translation from greek via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 23 Context
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Then Yashua (Jesus) spoke to the crowds and to his disciples,
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saying, The scribes and the Pharisees have set themselves down in Moses' seat:
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all things therefore, whatever they may tell you, do and keep. But do not after their works, for the...
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but bind burdens heavy and hard to bear, and lay them on the shoulders of men, but will not move the...
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And all their works they do to be seen of men: for they make broad their phylacteries and enlarge th...
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and love the chief place in feasts and the first seats in the synagogues,
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and salutations in the market-places, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi.
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But *ye*, be not ye called Rabbi; for one is your instructor, and all *ye* are brethren.
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And call not [any one] your father upon the earth; for one is your Father, he who is in the heavens.
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Neither be called instructors, for one is your instructor, the Christ.
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But the greatest of you shall be your servant.
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And whoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled, and whoever shall humble himself shall be exalted.
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But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye shut up the kingdom of the heavens befor...
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Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye compass the sea and the dry [land] to make one...
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Woe to you, blind guides, who say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever...
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Fools and blind, for which is greater, the gold, or the temple which sanctifies the gold?
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And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gift that i...
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[Fools and] blind ones, for which is greater, the gift, or the altar which sanctifies the gift?
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He therefore that swears by the altar swears by it and by all things that are upon it.
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And he that swears by the temple swears by it and by him that dwells in it.
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And he that swears by heaven swears by the throne of God (Elohim) and by him that sits upon it.
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Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye pay tithes of mint and anise and cummin, and y...
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Blind guides, who strain out the gnat, but drink down the camel.
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Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the d...
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Blind Pharisee, make clean first the inside of the cup and of the dish, that their outside also may...
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Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye are like whited sepulchres, which appear beaut...
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Thus also *ye*, outwardly ye appear righteous to men, but within are full of hypocrisy and lawlessne...
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Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets and adorn...
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and ye say, If we had been in the days of our fathers we would not have been partakers with them in...
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So that ye bear witness of yourselves that ye are sons of those who slew the prophets:
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and *ye*, fill ye up the measure of your fathers.
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Serpents, offspring of vipers, how should ye escape the judgment of hell?
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Therefore, behold, *I* send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes; and [some] of them ye will...
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so that all righteous blood shed upon the earth should come upon *you*, from the blood of righteous...
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Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.
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Jerusalem, Jerusalem, [the city] that kills the prophets and stones those that are sent unto her, ho...
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Behold, your house is left unto you desolate;
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for I say unto you, Ye shall in no wise see me henceforth until ye say, Blessed [be] he that comes i...
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