Matthew 23:9

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁹And call no man your father on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.^[a]

Footnotes

23.9 i.e., “Do not use the title without reference to God’s universal fatherhood.” He cannot mean that the title is never to be used by a son to his father.

Matthew 23:9 in all English translations

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (RSVCE)

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