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Matthew 23:9
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7 greetings in the marketplaces, and to be called by men, ‘Rabbi, Rabbi.’
8 aBut you, do not be called ‘Rabbi’; for One is your1 Teacher, the Christ, and you are all brethren.  
9 Do not call anyone on earth your father; afor One is your Father, He who is in heaven.  
10 And do not be called teachers; for One is your Teacher, the Christ.
11 But ahe who is greatest among you shall be your servant.  
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Adam Clarke
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Matthew 23:9

Call no man your Father - Our Lord probably alludes to the Ab , or father of the Sanhedrin, who was the next after the nasi , or president. See on Matthew 20:21 (note). By which he gives his disciples to understand that he would have no Second, after himself, established in his Church, of which he alone was the head; and that perfect equality must subsist among them.




Other Adam Clarke entries containing Matthew 23:9:

Matthew 23:39
Luke 20:46

 

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