Matthew 23:9

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Matthew 23:7–11 · Berean Standard Bible

7 the greetings in the marketplaces, and the title of ‘Rabbi’ by which they are addressed.

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 your father, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.

10 Nor are you to be called instructors, for you have one Instructor, the Christ.

11 The greatest among you shall be your servant.

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2 Kings 2:12

As Elisha watched, he cried out, “My father, my father, the chariots and horsemen of Israel!” And he saw Elijah no more. So taking hold of his own clothes, he tore them in two.

2 Kings 6:21

And when the king of Israel saw them, he asked Elisha, “My father, shall I kill them? Shall I kill them?”

2 Kings 13:14

When Elisha had fallen sick with the illness from which he would die, Jehoash king of Israel came down to him and wept over him, saying, “My father, my father, the chariots and horsemen of Israel!”

Job 32:21

I will be partial to no one, nor will I flatter any man.

Job 32:22

For I do not know how to flatter, or my Maker would remove me in an instant.

Acts 22:1

“Brothers and fathers, listen now to my defense before you.”

1 Corinthians 4:15

Even if you have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel.

1 Timothy 5:1

Do not rebuke an older man, but appeal to him as to a father. Treat younger men as brothers,

1 Timothy 5:2

older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity.

Hebrews 12:9

Furthermore, we have all had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we respected them. Should we not much more submit to the Father of our spirits and live?

Matthew 6:8

Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.

Matthew 6:9

So then, this is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name.

Matthew 6:32

For the Gentiles strive after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.

Malachi 1:6

“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. But if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is your fear of Me?” says the LORD of Hosts to you priests who despise My name. “But you ask, ‘How have we despised Your name?’

Romans 8:14

For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.

Romans 8:15

For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”

Romans 8:16

The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children.

Romans 8:17

And if we are children, then we are heirs: heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ—if indeed we suffer with Him, so that we may also be glorified with Him.

2 Corinthians 6:18

And: “I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”

1 John 3:1

Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him.