Matthew 23:9 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

And don't call anyone on earth your father, because you have only one Father, and he is in heaven.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.

ASV:

And call no man your father on the earth: for one is your Father, even he who is in heaven.

BBE:

And give no man the name of father on earth: because one is your Father, who is in heaven.

DBY:

And call not any one your father upon the earth; for one is your Father, he who is in the heavens.

ERV:

And call no man your father on the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.

WEY:

And call no one on earth your Father, for One alone is your Father--the Heavenly Father.

WBS:

And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father who is in heaven.

WEB:

Call no man on the earth your father, for one is your Father, he who is in heaven.

YLT:

and ye may not call any your father on the earth, for one is your Father, who is in the heavens,

Matthew 23:9 Cross References

XREF:

Matthew 6:9 "Pray, then, in this way: 'Our Father who is in heaven, Hallowed be Your name.

Matthew 7:11 "If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give what is good to those who ask Him! (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

23:9 And call no [man] your {i} father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
(i) He attacks a custom of the Jews, for they called the rabbis our fathers.

PNT:

23:9 Call no [man] your father upon earth. Another honorary title. The scribes delighted to be called Abba, father. So the priests of the Roman Catholic Church. So do all who welcome such honorary titles as Rev. Right Rev. Lord Bishop, etc. These are all forbidden. No apostle was ever so called.

WES:

23:8-10 The Jewish rabbis were also called father and master, by their several disciples, whom they required, To believe implicitly what they affirmed, without asking any farther reason; To obey implicitly what they enjoined, without seeking farther authority. Our Lord, therefore, by forbidding us either to give or receive the title of rabbi, master, or father, forbids us either to receive any such reverence, or to pay any such to any but God.

MHC:

23:1-12 The scribes and Pharisees explained the law of Moses, and enforced obedience to it. They are charged with hypocrisy in religion. We can only judge according to outward appearance; but God searches the heart. They made phylacteries. These were scrolls of paper or parchment, wherein were written four paragraphs of the law, to be worn on their foreheads and left arms, Ex 13:2-10; 13:11-16; De 6:4-9; 11:13-21. They made these phylacteries broad, that they might be thought more zealous for the law than others. God appointed the Jews to make fringes upon their garments, Nu 15:38, to remind them of their being a peculiar people; but the Pharisees made them larger than common, as if they were thereby more religious than others. Pride was the darling, reigning sin of the Pharisees, the sin that most easily beset them, and which our Lord Jesus takes all occasions to speak against. For him that is taught in the word to give respect to him that teaches, is commendable; but for him that teaches, to demand it, to be puffed up with it, is sinful. How much is all this against the spirit of Christianity! The consistent disciple of Christ is pained by being put into chief places. But who that looks around on the visible church, would think this was the spirit required? It is plain that some measure of this antichristian spirit prevails in every religious society, and in every one of our hearts.

CONC:

Alone Anyone Heaven Heavenly Heavens

Alone Earth Heaven Heavenly Heavens

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