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Matthew 23:8-9
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Matthew 23:8-9
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
8 But you are not to be called rabbi, for you have one teacher, and you are all brethren. 9 And call no man your father on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.[a]
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- 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 23:8-9
New International Version
Matthew 23:8-9
New International Version
8 “But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers. 9 And do not call anyone on earth ‘father,’ for you have one Father,(A) and he is in heaven.
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