Matthew 23:9

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Cross References

1 John 3:1

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

Hebrews 12:9

Moreover we have had fathers of our flesh, for instructors, and we reverenced them: shall we not much more obey the Father of spirits, and live?

Malachi 1:6

The son honoureth the father, and the servant his master: if then I be a father, where is my honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the Lord of hosts.

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 good things to them that ask him?

1 Corinthians 4:15

For if you have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet not many fathers. For in Christ Jesus, by the gospel, I have begotten you.

2 Corinthians 6:18

And I will receive you; and I will be a Father to you; and you shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

Acts 22:1

MEN, brethren, and fathers, hear ye the account which I now give unto you.

2 Kings 2:12

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

Matthew 6:32

For after all these things do the heathens seek. For your Father knoweth that you have need of all these things.

2 Kings 13:14

Now Eliseus was sick of the illness whereof he died. And Joas king of Israel went down to him, and wept before him, and said: O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel and the guider thereof.

2 Kings 6:21

And the king of Israel said to Eliseus, when he saw them: My father, shall I kill them?

Matthew 23:10

Neither be ye called masters; for one is you master, Christ.