Matthew 23:9

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And give no man the name of father on earth: because one is your Father, who is in heaven.

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Mal 1:6 : 6 A son gives honour to his father, and a servant has fear of his master: if then I am a father, where is my honour? and if I am a master, where is the fear of me? says the Lord of armies to you, O priests, who give no value to my name. And you say, How have we not given value to your name?
  • Rom 8:14-17 : 14 And all those who are guided by the Spirit of God are sons of God. 15 For you did not get the spirit of servants again to put you in fear, but the spirit of sons was given to you, by which we say, Abba, Father. 16 The Spirit is witness with our spirit that we are children of God: 17 And if we are children, we have a right to a part in the heritage; a part in the things of God, together with Christ; so that if we have a part in his pain, we will in the same way have a part in his glory.
  • Heb 12:9 : 9 And again, if the fathers of our flesh gave us punishment and had our respect, how much more will we be under the authority of the Father of spirits, and have life?
  • 1 John 3:1 : 1 See what great love the Father has given us in naming us the children of God; and such we are. For this reason the world does not see who we are, because it did not see who he was.
  • Job 32:21-22 : 21 Let me not give respect to any man, or give names of honour to any living. 22 For I am not able to give names of honour to any man; and if I did, my Maker would quickly take me away.
  • 1 Cor 4:15 : 15 For even if you had ten thousand teachers in Christ, you have not more than one father: for in Christ Jesus I have given birth to you through the good news.
  • 2 Kgs 2:12 : 12 And when Elisha saw it he gave a cry, My father, my father, the carriages of Israel and its horsemen! And he saw him no longer; and he was full of grief.
  • Matt 7:11 : 11 If you, then, being evil, are able to give good things to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who make requests to him?
  • Acts 22:1 : 1 My brothers and fathers, give ear to the story of my life which I now put before you.
  • 2 Kgs 6:21 : 21 And the king of Israel, when he saw them, said to Elisha, My father, am I to put them to the sword?
  • 2 Kgs 13:14 : 14 Now Elisha became ill with the disease which was the cause of his death: and Joash, king of Israel, came down to him, and weeping over him said, My father, my father, the war-carriages of Israel and its horsemen!
  • Matt 6:8-9 : 8 So be not like them; because your Father has knowledge of your needs even before you make your requests to him. 9 Let this then be your prayer: Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.
  • Matt 6:32 : 32 Because the Gentiles go in search of all these things: for your Father in heaven has knowledge that you have need of all these things:
  • 2 Cor 6:18 : 18 And will be a Father to you; and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord, the Ruler of all.
  • 1 Tim 5:1-2 : 1 Do not say sharp words to one who has authority in the church, but let your talk be as to a father, and to the younger men as to brothers: 2 To the older women as to mothers, to the younger as to sisters, with a clean heart.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Matt 23:10-11
    2 verses
    83%

    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 23:7-8
    2 verses
    82%

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

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

  • Matt 6:7-9
    3 verses
    75%

    7 And in your prayer do not make use of the same words again and again, as the Gentiles do: for they have the idea that God will give attention to them because of the number of their words.

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

    9 Let this then be your prayer: Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.

  • John 8:41
    72%

    41 You are doing the works of your father. They said to him, We are true sons of Abraham; we have one Father, who is God.

  • Matt 5:48
    70%

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

  • Eph 6:9
    70%

    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.

  • John 8:19
    70%

    19 Then they said to him, Where is your Father? Jesus said in answer, You have no knowledge of me or of my Father: if you had knowledge of me you would have knowledge of my Father.

  • Matt 6:1
    69%

    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.

  • Heb 12:9
    69%

    9 And again, if the fathers of our flesh gave us punishment and had our respect, how much more will we be under the authority of the Father of spirits, and have life?

  • 1 Pet 1:17
    69%

    17 And if you give the name of Father to him who, judging every man by his acts, has no respect for a man's position, then go in fear while you are on this earth:

  • Eph 4:6
    69%

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

  • Matt 10:20
    69%

    20 Because it is not you who say the words, but the Spirit of your Father in you.

  • Matt 15:4-6
    3 verses
    69%

    4 For God said, Give honour to your father and mother: and, He who says evil of father or mother will be put to death.

    5 But you say, If a man says to his father or his mother, That by which you might have had profit from me is given to God;

    6 There is no need for him to give honour to his father. And you have made the word of God without effect because of your teaching.

  • John 6:46
    68%

    46 Not that anyone has ever seen the Father; only he who is from God, he has seen the Father.

  • Matt 6:14-15
    2 verses
    68%

    14 For if you let men have forgiveness for their sins, you will have forgiveness from your Father in heaven.

    15 But if you do not let men have forgiveness for their sins, you will not have forgiveness from your Father for your sins.

  • John 8:38
    68%

    38 I say the things which I have seen in my Father's house: and you do the things which come to you from your father's house.

  • Mark 7:12
    68%

    12 You no longer let him do anything for his father or his mother;

  • John 5:23
    68%

    23 So that all men may give honour to the Son even as they give honour to the Father. He who gives no honour to the Son gives no honour to the Father who sent him.

  • Mark 11:25-26
    2 verses
    68%

    25 And whenever you make a prayer, let there be forgiveness in your hearts, if you have anything against anyone; so that you may have forgiveness for your sins from your Father who is in heaven.

    26 []

  • 1 Cor 4:15
    68%

    15 For even if you had ten thousand teachers in Christ, you have not more than one father: for in Christ Jesus I have given birth to you through the good news.

  • Matt 6:18
    68%

    18 So that no one may see that you are going without food, but your Father in secret; and your Father, who sees in secret, will give you your reward.

  • Matt 5:34
    67%

    34 But I say to you, Take no oaths at all: not by the heaven, because it is the seat of God;

  • Eph 6:4
    67%

    4 And, you fathers, do not make your children angry: but give them training in the teaching and fear of the Lord.

  • Luke 11:2
    67%

    2 And he said to them, When you say your prayers, say, Father, may your name be kept holy and your kingdom come.

  • Eph 3:15
    67%

    15 From whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,

  • Mark 10:18
    67%

    18 And Jesus said to him, Why do you say I am good? no one is good but one, and that is God.

  • Matt 12:50
    67%

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

  • Matt 28:19
    67%

    19 Go then, and make disciples of all the nations, giving them baptism in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit:

  • Matt 18:10
    67%

    10 Let it not seem to you that one of these little ones is of no value; for I say to you that in heaven their angels see at all times the face of my Father in heaven.

  • Matt 18:14
    67%

    14 Even so it is not the pleasure of your Father in heaven for one of these little ones to come to destruction.

  • Luke 18:19
    67%

    19 And Jesus said to him, Why do you say that I am good? No one is good, but only God.

  • Mark 13:32
    67%

    32 But of that day or that hour no one has knowledge, not even the angels in heaven, or the Son, but the Father.

  • Matt 19:19
    66%

    19 Give honour to your father and your mother: and, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.

  • Matt 3:9
    66%

    9 And say not to yourselves, We have Abraham for our father; because I say to you that God is able from these stones to make children for Abraham.

  • Matt 24:36
    66%

    36 But of that day and hour no one has knowledge, not even the angels in heaven, or the Son, but the Father only.

  • 1 Cor 8:5
    66%

    5 For though there are those who have the name of gods, in heaven or on earth, as there are a number of gods and a number of lords,

  • Matt 5:45
    66%

    45 So that you may be the sons of your Father in heaven; for his sun gives light to the evil and to the good, and he sends rain on the upright man and on the sinner.

  • Matt 7:11
    66%

    11 If you, then, being evil, are able to give good things to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who make requests to him?

  • Lev 19:3
    66%

    3 Let every man give honour to his mother and to his father and keep my Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.

  • Matt 18:35
    66%

    35 So will my Father in heaven do to you, if you do not everyone, from your hearts, give forgiveness to his brother.

  • Luke 12:30
    66%

    30 For the nations of the world go in search of all these things: but your Father has knowledge that you have need of them.

  • John 20:17
    66%

    17 Jesus said to her, Do not put your hand on me, for I have not gone up to the Father: but go to my brothers and say to them, I go up to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.