Matthew 23:9 - King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

More versions

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ And do not call anyone [in the church] on earth father, for you have one Father, Who is in heaven.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

⁹ Don’t call anybody on earth your father, because you have one Father, who is heavenly.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ And do not choose to call anyone on earth your father. For One is your Father, who is in heaven.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

English Standard Version 2016

⁹ And call no man your father on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.

Matthew 23:9 Cross References

2 Kings 13:14

Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof.

2 Kings 2:12

And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.

2 Kings 6:21

And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them?

Malachi 1:6

A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?

Matthew 23:10

Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ.

Matthew 6:32

(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.

Matthew 7:11

If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?

Acts 22:1

Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence which I make now unto you.

1 Corinthians 4:15

For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.

2 Corinthians 6:18

And will be a Father unto you, And ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

Hebrews 12:9

Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?

1 John 3:1

Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.