Matthew 23:9

Good News Translation

And you must not call anyone here on earth ‘Father,’ because you have only the one Father in heaven.

Cross References

2 Kings 13:14

The prophet Elisha was sick with a fatal disease, and as he lay dying, King Jehoash of Israel went to visit him. “My father, my father!” he exclaimed as he wept. “You have been the mighty defender of Israel!”

2 Kings 2:12

Elisha saw it and cried out to Elijah, “My father, my father! Mighty defender of Israel! You are gone!” And he never saw Elijah again. In grief Elisha tore his cloak in two.

2 Kings 6:21

When the king of Israel saw the Syrians, he asked Elisha, “Shall I kill them, sir? Shall I kill them?”

Malachi 1:6

The Lord Almighty says to the priests, “Children honor their parents, and servants honor their masters. I am your father—why don't you honor me? I am your master—why don't you respect me? You despise me, and yet you ask, ‘How have we despised you?’

Matthew 23:10

Nor should you be called ‘Leader,’ because your one and only leader is the Messiah.

Matthew 6:32

(These are the things the pagans are always concerned about.) Your Father in heaven knows that you need all these things.

Matthew 7:11

As bad as you are, you know how to give good things to your children. How much more, then, will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask him!

Acts 22:1

“My fellow Jews, listen to me as I make my defense before you!”

1 Corinthians 4:15

For even if you have ten thousand guardians in your Christian life, you have only one father. For in your life in union with Christ Jesus I have become your father by bringing the Good News to you.

2 Corinthians 6:18

I will be your father, and you shall be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”

Hebrews 12:9

In the case of our human fathers, they punished us and we respected them. How much more, then, should we submit to our spiritual Father and live!

1 John 3:1

See how much the Father has loved us! His love is so great that we are called God's children—and so, in fact, we are. This is why the world does not know us: it has not known God.