8But ye, be not ye called Rabbi; for one is your instructor, and all ye are brethren.


In Context

5 And all their works they do to be seen of men: for they make broad their phylacteries and enlarge the borders of their garments,

6 and love the chief place in feasts and the first seats in the synagogues,

7 and salutations in the market-places, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi.

8 But ye, be not ye called Rabbi; for one is your instructor, and all ye are brethren.

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

10 Neither be called instructors, for one is your instructor, the Christ.

Matthew 23:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:8But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, [even] Christ; and all ye are brethren.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

23:8"But you are not to be called 'Rabbi,' for you have only one Master and you are all brothers.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:8But be not you called Rabbi. For one is your master; and all you are brethren.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:8But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your teacher, and all ye are brethren.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:8But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your teacher, and all ye are brethren.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:8But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:8But don't you be called 'Rabbi,' for one is your teacher, the Christ, and all of you are brothers.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:8And ye — ye may not be called Rabbi, for one is your director — the Christ, and all ye are brethren;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:8But be not you called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all you are brothers.