A student should be satisfied to become like his teacher. A servant should be satisfied to become like his master. If the head of the family is called Beelzebul (the devil), then the other members of the family will be called worse names!
Matthew 23:8 - Easy To Read Version “But you must not be called ‘Teacher.’ You are all brothers and sisters together. You have only one Teacher. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But you are not to be called rabbi (teacher), for you have one Teacher and you are all brothers. American Standard Version (1901) But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your teacher, and all ye are brethren. Common English Bible “But you shouldn’t be called Rabbi, because you have one teacher, and all of you are brothers and sisters. Catholic Public Domain Version But you must not be called Master. For One is your Master, and you are all brothers. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But be not you called Rabbi. For one is your master; and all you are brethren. |
A student should be satisfied to become like his teacher. A servant should be satisfied to become like his master. If the head of the family is called Beelzebul (the devil), then the other members of the family will be called worse names!
While Peter was talking, a bright cloud came over them. A voice came from the cloud. The voice said, “This (Jesus) is my Son and I love him. I am very pleased with him. Obey him!”
And you should not be called ‘Master.’ You have only one Master, the Christ. {\cf2\super [332]}
They love for people to show respect to them in the market places. And they love to have people call them ‘Teacher.’
Then Judas said to Jesus, “Teacher, surely I will not be against you!” (Judas is the one that would give Jesus to his enemies.)
So Judas went to Jesus and said, “Hello, teacher!” Then Judas kissed Jesus.
Peter remembered the tree and said to Jesus, “Teacher, look! Yesterday, you told that fig tree to die. Now it is dry and dead!”
Peter said to Jesus, “Teacher, it is good that we are here. We will put three tents here—one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”
I have prayed that you will not lose your faith! Help your brothers be stronger when you come back to me.”
Jesus turned and saw the two men following him. Jesus asked, “What do you want?”
Then Nathanael said to Jesus, “Teacher, you are the Son of God. You are the King of Israel (God’s people).”
The followers answered, “But teacher, those Jews in Judea tried to kill you with stones. That was only a short time ago. Now you want to go back there?”
One night Nicodemus came to Jesus. Nicodemus said, “Teacher, we know that you are a teacher sent from God. No person can do these miracles {\cf2\super [46]} that you do without God’s help.”
So the followers came to John. They said, “Teacher, remember the man that was with you on the other side of the Jordan River? He is the man you were telling people about. That man is baptizing {\cf2\super [53]} people, and many people are going to him.”
While the woman was in town, Jesus’ followers were begging him, “Teacher, eat something!”
The people found Jesus on the other side of the lake. They asked Jesus, “Teacher, when did you come here?”
Jesus’ followers asked him, “Teacher, this man was born blind. But whose sin made him be born blind? His own sin, or his parents’ sin?”
We don’t tell people about ourselves. But we tell people that Jesus Christ is Lord; and we tell people that we are your servants for Jesus.
My brothers and sisters, not many of you should become teachers. Why? Because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly than other people.
Don’t be like a ruler over those people you are responsible for. But be good examples to those people.
I am John, and I am your brother \{in Christ\}. We are together in Jesus, and we share these things: suffering, the kingdom, and patient endurance. I was on the island of Patmos {\cf2\super [7]} because I was faithful to God’s message {\cf2\super [8]} and to the truth of Jesus.
Then I bowed down before the angel’s feet to worship him. But the angel said to me, “Don’t \{worship me\}! I am a servant like you and your brothers who have the truth of Jesus. So worship God! Because the truth of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. {\cf2\super [148]} ”
But the angel said to me, “Don’t \{worship me\}! I am a servant like you and your brothers the prophets. {\cf2\super [170]} I am a servant like all the people who obey the words in this book. You should worship God!”