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Matthew 23:8
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6 aThey love the best places at feasts, the best seats in the synagogues,  
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.  
12 aAnd whoever exalts himself will be1 humbled, and he who humbles himself will be2 exalted.  
13 “But awoe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men; for you neither go in yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.  
14 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! aFor you devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.  
15 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel land and sea to win one proselyte, and when he is won, you make him twice as much a son of1 hell as yourselves.  
16 “Woe to you, ablind guides, who say, b‘Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is obliged to perform it.’  
17 Fools and blind! For which is greater, the gold aor the temple that sanctifies the gold?  
18 And, ‘Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is obliged to perform it.’
19 Fools and blind! For which is greater, the gift aor the altar that sanctifies the gift?  
20 Therefore he who swears by the altar, swears by it and by all things on it.  
21 He who swears by the temple, swears by it and by aHim who dwells in it.  
22 And he who swears by heaven, swears by athe throne of God and by Him who sits on it.  
23 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! aFor you pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and bhave neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone.  
24 Blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!
Verse Comparison: Matthew 23:8

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American Standard Version
But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your teacher, and all ye are brethren.

Amplified® Bible
But you are not to be called rabbi (teacher), for you have one Teacher and you are all brothers.

Contemporary English Version
But none of you should be called a teacher. You have only one teacher, and all of you are like brothers and sisters.

Darby English Version
But *ye*, be not ye called Rabbi; for one is your instructor, and all *ye* are brethren.

Good News Bible
You must not be called 'Teacher,' because you are all equal and have only one Teacher.

International Standard Version
"But you are not to be called 'Rabbi,' for you have only one teacher, and all of you are brothers.

King James Version
But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren.

New American Standard Bible
"But do not be called Rabbi; for One is your Teacher, and you are all brothers.

New International Version
"But you are not to be called 'Rabbi,' for you have only one Master and you are all brothers.

New King James Version
But you, do not be called ‘Rabbi’; for One is your Teacher, the Christ, and you are all brethren.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"But do not desire the approbation Rabbi; for One serves as your Teacher, and you all call yourselves brothers.

Young's Literal Translation
`And ye -- ye may not be called Rabbi, for one is your director -- the Christ, and all ye are brethren;


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