Matthew 23:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But you may not be named Teacher: for one is your teacher, and you are all brothers.

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  • Jas 3:1 : 1 Do not all be teachers, my brothers, because we teachers will be judged more hardly than others.
  • Matt 23:10 : 10 And you may not be named guides: because one is your Guide, even Christ.
  • Matt 26:49 : 49 And straight away he came to Jesus and said, Master! and gave him a kiss.
  • Luke 22:32 : 32 But I have made prayer for you, that your faith may not go from you: and when you are turned again, make your brothers strong.
  • John 13:13-14 : 13 You give me the name of Master and Lord: and you are right; that is what I am. 14 If then I, the Lord and the Master, have made your feet clean, it is right for you to make one another's feet clean.
  • Rom 14:9-9 : 9 And for this purpose Christ went into death and came back again, that he might be the Lord of the dead and of the living. 10 But you, why do you make yourself your brother's judge? or again, why have you no respect for your brother? because we will all have to take our place before God as our judge.
  • 1 Cor 1:12-13 : 12 That is, that some of you say, I am of Paul; some say, I am of Apollos; some say, I am of Cephas; and some say, I am Christ's. 13 Is there a division in Christ? was Paul nailed to the cross for you? or were you given baptism in the name of Paul?
  • 1 Cor 3:3-5 : 3 Because you are still in the flesh: for when there is envy and division among you, are you not still walking after the way of the flesh, even as natural men? 4 For when one says, I am of Paul; and another says, I am of Apollos; are you not talking like natural men? 5 What then is Apollos? and what is Paul? They are but servants who gave you the good news as God gave it to them.
  • 2 Cor 1:24 : 24 Not that we have authority over your faith, but we are helpers of your joy: for it is faith which is your support.
  • 2 Cor 4:5 : 5 For our preaching is not about ourselves, but about Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants through Jesus.
  • Eph 3:15 : 15 From whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,
  • Col 1:1-2 : 1 Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ, by the purpose of God, and Timothy our brother, 2 To the saints and true brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.
  • 1 Pet 5:3 : 3 Not as lords over God's heritage, but making yourselves examples to the flock.
  • Rev 1:9 : 9 I, John, your brother, who have a part with you in the trouble and the kingdom and the quiet strength of Jesus, was in the island which is named Patmos, for the word of God and the witness of Jesus.
  • Rev 19:10 : 10 And I went on my face before his feet to give him worship. And he said to me, See you do it not: I am a brother-servant with you and with your brothers who keep the witness of Jesus: give worship to God: for the witness of Jesus is the spirit of the prophet's word.
  • Rev 22:9 : 9 And he said to me, See you do it not; I am a brother-servant with you and with your brothers the prophets, and with those who keep the words of this book: give worship to God.
  • Matt 10:25 : 25 It is enough for the disciple that he may be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have given the name Beelzebub to the master of the house, how much more to those of his house!
  • Matt 17:5 : 5 While he was still talking, a bright cloud came over them: and a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased; give ear to him.

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  • Matt 23:9-11
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    9 And give no man the name of father on earth: because one is your Father, who is in heaven.

    10 And you may not be named guides: because one is your Guide, even Christ.

    11 But let the greatest among you be your servant.

  • Matt 23:6-7
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    6 And the things desired by them are the first places at feasts, and the chief seats in the Synagogues,

    7 And words of respect in the market-places, and to be named by men, Teacher.

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    13 You give me the name of Master and Lord: and you are right; that is what I am.

    14 If then I, the Lord and the Master, have made your feet clean, it is right for you to make one another's feet clean.

    15 I have given you an example, so that you may do what I have done to you.

    16 Truly I say to you, A servant is not greater than his lord; and he who is sent is not greater than the one who sent him.

  • 28 There is no Jew or Greek, servant or free, male or female: because you are all one in Jesus Christ.

  • 9 And, you masters, do the same things to them, not making use of violent words: in the knowledge that their Master and yours is in heaven, and he has no respect for a man's position.

  • 1 Do not all be teachers, my brothers, because we teachers will be judged more hardly than others.

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    24 A disciple is not greater than his master, or a servant than his lord.

    25 It is enough for the disciple that he may be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have given the name Beelzebub to the master of the house, how much more to those of his house!

  • 23 And you are Christ's; and Christ is God's.

  • 40 The disciple is not greater than his master, but everyone whose learning is complete will be like his master.

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    22 For he who was a servant when he became a Christian is the Lord's free man; and he who was free when he became a Christian is the Lord's servant.

    23 It is the Lord who has made payment for you: be not servants of men.

  • 3 All things, then, which they give you orders to do, these do and keep: but do not take their works as your example, for they say and do not.

  • Matt 5:47-48
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    47 And if you say, Good day, to your brothers only, what do you do more than others? do not even the Gentiles the same?

    48 Be then complete in righteousness, even as your Father in heaven is complete.

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    42 And Jesus made them come to him, and said to them, You see that those who are made rulers over the Gentiles are lords over them, and their great ones have authority over them.

    43 But it is not so among you: but whoever has a desire to become great among you, let him be your servant:

    44 And whoever has a desire to be first among you, let him be servant of all.

  • 45 And in the hearing of all the people he said to his disciples,

  • 8 So be not like them; because your Father has knowledge of your needs even before you make your requests to him.

  • 26 Because you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.

  • 26 But let it not be so with you; but he who is greater, let him become like the younger; and he who is chief, like a servant.

  • 1 Take care not to do your good works before men, to be seen by them; or you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

  • 15 No longer do I give you the name of servants; because a servant is without knowledge of what his master is doing: I give you the name of friends, because I have given you knowledge of all the things which my Father has said to me.

  • 1 Then Jesus said to the people and to his disciples:

  • 50 For whoever does the pleasure of my Father in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.

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    25 But Jesus said to them, You see that the rulers of the Gentiles are lords over them, and their great ones have authority over them.

    26 Let it not be so among you: but if anyone has a desire to become great among you, let him be your servant;

  • 46 Why do you say to me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?

  • 1 Masters, give your servants what is right and equal, conscious that you have a Master in heaven.

  • 38 And Jesus, turning round, saw them coming after him and said to them, What are you looking for? They said to him, Rabbi (which is to say, Master), where are you living?

  • 1 Be not judges of others, and you will not be judged.

  • 6 Among whom you in the same way have been marked out to be disciples of Jesus Christ:

  • 12 That is, that some of you say, I am of Paul; some say, I am of Apollos; some say, I am of Cephas; and some say, I am Christ's.

  • 20 Then he gave orders to the disciples to give no man word that he was the Christ.

  • 1 For this reason, holy brothers, marked out to have a part in heaven, give thought to Jesus the representative and high priest of our faith;

  • 16 Jesus said to her, Mary! Turning, she said to him in Hebrew, Rabboni! (which is to say, Master).

  • 11 And there will be no need for every man to be teaching his brother, or his neighbour, saying, This is the knowledge of the Lord: for they will all have knowledge of me, great and small.

  • 29 And he said to them, But who do you say I am? Peter said in answer, You are the Christ.

  • 7 You false ones, well did Isaiah say of you,

  • 48 But he in answer said to him who gave the news, Who is my mother and who are my brothers?

  • 10 But you, why do you make yourself your brother's judge? or again, why have you no respect for your brother? because we will all have to take our place before God as our judge.

  • 20 For this was not the teaching of Christ which was given to you;

  • 6 One God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in all.