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


In Context

5 "Everything they do is done for men to see: They make their phylacteries wide and the tassels on their garments long;

6 they love the place of honor at banquets and the most important seats in the synagogues;

7 they love to be greeted in the marketplaces and to have men call them 'Rabbi.'

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

9 And do not call anyone on earth 'father,' for you have one Father, and he is in heaven.

10 Nor are you to be called 'teacher,' for you have one Teacher, 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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:8But ye, be not ye called Rabbi; for one is your instructor, 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.