Matthew 23:9

Legacy Standard Bible

And do not call anyone on earth your father; for One is your Father, He who is in heaven.

Cross References

2 Kings 13:14

Now Elisha became sick with the illness of which he was to die. So Joash the king of Israel came down to him and wept over him and said, “My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and its horsemen!”

2 Kings 2:12

And Elisha was seeing this and he was crying out, “My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and its horsemen!” And he saw Elijah no more. Then he took hold of his own clothes and tore them in two pieces.

2 Kings 6:21

Then the king of Israel when he saw them, said to Elisha, “My father, shall I strike them down? Shall I strike them down?”

Malachi 1:6

“ ‘A son honors his father, and a slave his master. Then if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is the fear of Me?’ says Yahweh of hosts to you, O priests who despise My name. But you say, ‘How have we despised Your name?’

Matthew 23:10

Do not be called instructors; for One is your Instructor, that is, Christ.

Matthew 6:32

For all these things the Gentiles eagerly seek; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.

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 what is good to those who ask Him!

Acts 22:1

“Men, brothers, and fathers, hear my defense which I now offer to you.”

1 Corinthians 4:15

For if you were to have countless tutors in Christ, yet you would not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel.

2 Corinthians 6:18

“And I will be a father to you, And you shall be sons and daughters to Me,” says the Lord Almighty.

Hebrews 12:9

Furthermore, we had earthly fathers to discipline us, and we respected them. Shall we not much rather be subject to the Father of spirits, and live?

1 John 3:1

See how great a love the Father has given to us, that we would be called children of God; and we are. For this reason the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.