9and ye may not call any your father on the earth, for one is your Father, who is in the heavens,


In Context

6 they love also the chief couches in the supper, and the chief seats in the synagogues,

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

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

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

10 nor may ye be called directors, for one is your director — the Christ.

11 And the greater of you shall be your ministrant,

Matthew 23:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:9And call no [man] your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

23:9And do not call anyone on earth 'father,' for you have one Father, and he is in heaven.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:9And call none your father upon earth; for one is your father, who is in heaven.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:9And call no man your father on the earth: for one is your Father, even he who is in heaven.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:9And call not any one your father upon the earth; for one is your Father, he who is in the heavens.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:9And call no man your father on the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:9And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father who is in heaven.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:9Call no man on the earth your father, for one is your Father, he who is in heaven.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:9And call no man your father on the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.