Matthew 23:9

Easy To Read Version

And don’t call any person on earth ‘Father.’ You have one Father. He is in heaven.

Cross References

2 Kings 13:14

Elisha became sick. Later, Elisha died from this sickness. Jehoash, king of Israel, went to visit Elisha. Jehoash cried for Elisha. Jehoash said, “My father, my father! Is it time for the chariot of Israel and its horses [155] ?”

2 Kings 2:12

Elisha saw it, and shouted, “My father! My father! The Chariot of Israel and his horse soldiers! [12] ”

2 Kings 6:21

The king of Israel saw the Aramean army. The king of Israel said to Elisha, “My father, should I kill them? Should I kill them?”

Malachi 1:6

The Lord All-Powerful said, “Children honor their father. Servants honor their masters. I am your Father, so why don’t you honor me? I am your Master, so why don’t you respect me? You priests don’t respect my name.”

Matthew 23:10

And you should not be called ‘Master.’ You have only one Master, the Christ. {\cf2\super [332]}

Matthew 6:32

All the people that don’t know God try to get these things. Don’t worry, because your Father in heaven knows that you need these things.

Matthew 7:11

\{You are not like God\}—you are evil. But you know how to give good things to your children. So surely your heavenly Father will give good things to those people that ask him.

Acts 22:1

Paul said, “My brothers and my fathers, listen to me! I will make my defense to you.”

1 Corinthians 4:15

You may have 10,000 teachers in Christ, but you don’t have many fathers. Through the Good News {\cf2\super [27]} I became your father in Christ Jesus.

2 Corinthians 6:18

“I will be your father,\par and you will be my sons and daughters,\par says the Lord All-Powerful.”\par \i (2 Samuel 7:8,14)\i0 \par

Hebrews 12:9

We have all had fathers here on earth who punished us. And we respected our fathers. So it is even more important that we accept punishment from the Father of our spirits. If we do this we will have life.

1 John 3:1

The Father (God) has loved us so much! This shows how much he loved us: We are called children of God. And we really are God’s children. But the people in the world (people who don’t believe) don’t understand that we are God’s children, because they have not known him (God).