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