Matthew 23:9

New Century Version

And don’t call any person on earth ‘Father,’ because you have one Father, who is in heaven.

Cross References

2 Kings 13:14

At this time Elisha became sick. Before he died, Jehoash king of Israel went to Elisha and cried for him. Jehoash said, “My father, my father! The chariots of Israel and their horsemen!”

2 Kings 2:12

Elisha saw it and shouted, “My father! My father! The chariots of Israel and their horsemen!” And Elisha did not see him anymore. Then Elisha grabbed his own clothes and tore them to show how sad he was.

2 Kings 6:21

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

Malachi 1:6

The Lord All-Powerful says, “A son honors his father, and a servant honors his master.” I am a father, so why don’t you honor me? I am a master, so why don’t you respect me? You priests do not respect me. “But you ask, ‘How have we shown you disrespect?’

Matthew 23:10

And you should not be called ‘Master,’ because you have only one Master, the Christ.

Matthew 6:32

The people who don’t know God keep trying to get these things, and your Father in heaven knows you need them.

Matthew 7:11

Even though you are bad, you know how to give good gifts to your children. How much more your heavenly Father will give good things to those who ask him!

Acts 22:1

Paul said, “Brothers and fathers, listen to my defense to you.”

1 Corinthians 4:15

For though you may have ten thousand teachers in Christ, you do not have many fathers. Through the Good News I became your father in Christ Jesus,

2 Corinthians 6:18

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

Hebrews 12:9

We have all had fathers here on earth who disciplined us, and we respected them. So it is even more important that we accept discipline from the Father of our spirits so we will have life.

1 John 3:1

The Father has loved us so much that we are called children of God. And we really are his children. The reason the people in the world do not know us is that they have not known him.