Verse 8

Matthew 23:8

Literal Standard Version

8 And you may not be called Rabbi, for one is your teacher—the Christ, 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
1 Then Yashua (Jesus) spoke to the multitudes, and to His disciples, Focus ↗
2 saying, “On the seat of Moses sat down the scribes and the Pharisees; Focus ↗
3 all, then, as much as they may say to you to observe, observe and do, but according to their works d... Focus ↗
4 for they bind together burdens too heavy and grievous to bear, and lay them on the shoulders of men,... Focus ↗
5 And all their works they do to be seen by men, and they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge t... Focus ↗
6 they also cherish the first couches at the banquets, and the first seats in the synagogues, Focus ↗
7 and the salutations in the marketplaces, and to be called by men, Rabbi, Rabbi. Focus ↗
8 And you may not be called Rabbi, for one is your teacher—the Christ, and you are all brothers;
9 and you may not call any your father on the earth, for one is your Father, who is in the heavens, Focus ↗
10 nor may you be called teachers, for one is your teacher—the Christ. Focus ↗
11 And the greater of you will be your servant, Focus ↗
12 and whoever will exalt himself will be humbled, and whoever will humble himself will be exalted. Focus ↗
13 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you shut up the kingdom of the heavens before... Focus ↗
14 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you eat up the houses of the widows, and for... Focus ↗
15 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you go around the sea and the dry land to mak... Focus ↗
16 Woe to you, blind guides, who are saying, Whoever may swear by the temple, it is nothing, but whoeve... Focus ↗
17 Fools and blind! For which is greater, the gold, or the temple that is sanctifying the gold? Focus ↗
18 And, Whoever may swear by the altar, it is nothing, but whoever may swear by the gift that is on it—... Focus ↗
19 Fools and blind! For which is greater, the gift, or the altar that is sanctifying the gift? Focus ↗
20 He therefore who swore by the altar, swears by it, and by all things on it; Focus ↗
21 and he who swore by the temple, swears by it, and by Him who is dwelling in it; Focus ↗
22 and he who swore by Heaven, swears by the throne of God (Elohim), and by Him who is sitting on it. Focus ↗
23 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you give tithe of the mint, and the dill, and... Focus ↗
24 Blind guides! Who are straining out the gnat, and are swallowing the camel. Focus ↗
25 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you make clean the outside of the cup and the... Focus ↗
26 Blind Pharisee! First cleanse the inside of the cup and the plate, that the outside of them may also... Focus ↗
27 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you are like to whitewashed graves, which out... Focus ↗
28 so also you outwardly indeed appear to men righteous, and within you are full of hypocrisy and lawle... Focus ↗
29 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you build the graves of the prophets, and ado... Focus ↗
30 and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in th... Focus ↗
31 So that you testify to yourselves that you are sons of them who murdered the prophets; Focus ↗
32 and you fill up the measure of your fathers. Focus ↗
33 Serpents! Brood of vipers! How may you escape from the judgment of Gehenna? Focus ↗
34 Because of this, behold, I send to you prophets, and wise men, and scribes, and of them you will kil... Focus ↗
35 that on you may come all the righteous blood being poured out on the earth from the blood of Abel th... Focus ↗
36 truly I say to you, all these things will come on this generation. Focus ↗
37 Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that are killing the prophets, and stoning those sent to you, how often I will... Focus ↗
38 Behold, your house is left to you desolate; Focus ↗
39 for I say to you, you may not see Me from now on, until you may say, Blessed is He who is coming in... Focus ↗