Matthew 23:9

The Text-Critical English New Testament

And do not call anyone on earth your father, for there is one who is your Father, he who is in heaven.

Cross References

Matthew 23:10

Neither are you to be called instructors, for there is one who is your instructor, the Christ.

Matthew 6:32

For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.

Matthew 7:11

If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask him!

Acts 22:1

“Brothers and fathers, listen to the defense I now make to you.”

1 Corinthians 4:15

For even if you had ten thousand guardians in Christ, you would not have many fathers. For in Christ Jesus I became a father to you through the gospel.

2 Corinthians 6:18

I will be a father to you, and you will be sons and daughters to me, says the Lord Almighty.”

Hebrews 12:9

Furthermore, we have all had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we respected them. Should we not submit even more to the Father of spirits and live?

1 John 3:1

See what great love the Father has lavished upon us, that we should be called children of God! The reason the world does not know you is that it did not know him.