Matthew 23:9

Webster Bible (1833)

And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father who is in heaven.

Cross References

2 Kings 13:14

Now Elisha had fallen sick of his disease of which he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down to him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof.

2 Kings 2:12

And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.

2 Kings 6:21

And the king of Israel said to Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them?

Malachi 1:6

A son honoreth his father, and a servant his master: if then I am a father, where is my honor? and if I am a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts to you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, In what have we despised thy name?

Matthew 23:10

Neither be ye called masters: for one is your master, even Christ.

Matthew 6:32

(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.

Matthew 7:11

If ye then being evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall your Father who is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?

Acts 22:1

Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defense which I make now to you.

1 Corinthians 4:15

For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.

2 Corinthians 6:18

And I will be a Father to you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

Hebrews 12:9

Furthermore, we have had fathers of our flesh who corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live?

1 John 3:1

Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.