When Elisha got sick with his illness from which he would die, King Joash of Israel came down to him, wept over him and cried, “Avi, avi, the chariot of Israel and its horsemen!”
Matthew 23:9 - Tree of Life Version And call no man on earth your father; for One is your Father, who is in heaven. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And do not call anyone [in the church] on earth father, for you have one Father, Who is in heaven. American Standard Version (1901) And call no man your father on the earth: for one is your Father, even he who is in heaven. Common English Bible Don’t call anybody on earth your father, because you have one Father, who is heavenly. Catholic Public Domain Version And do not choose to call anyone on earth your father. For One is your Father, who is in heaven. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And call none your father upon earth; for one is your father, who is in heaven. |
When Elisha got sick with his illness from which he would die, King Joash of Israel came down to him, wept over him and cried, “Avi, avi, the chariot of Israel and its horsemen!”
As Elisha was watching, he was crying out, “Avi! Avi! The chariot of Israel and its horsemen!” Then he saw him no more. So he took hold of his own clothes and tore them in two pieces.
When the king of Israel saw them, he said to Elisha, “Shall I surely strike them down, Avi?”
“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. So if I am Father, where is My honor? If I am Master, where is My reverence?”—says Adonai-Tzva’ot—“you, kohanim who despise My Name!” But you say, “How did we despise Your Name?”
Nor are you to be called teachers; for One is your Teacher, the Messiah.
For the pagans eagerly pursue all these things; yet your Father in heaven knows that you need all these.
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!
“Brothers and fathers, listen to my defense which I now present to you.”
For though you may have ten thousand guardians in Messiah, yet you do not have many fathers. For in Messiah Yeshua, I became your father through the Good News.
I will be a father to you, and you shall be My sons and daughters, says Adonai-Tzva’ot.”
Besides, we are used to having human fathers as instructors—and we respected them. Shall we not much more be subject to the Father of spirits and live?
See how glorious a love the Father has given us, that we should be called God’s children—and so we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him.