Matthew 23:9

Authorized King James Version (1611)

‹And call no› [man] ‹your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.›

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Mal 1:6 : 6 ¶ A son honoureth [his] father, and a servant his master: if then I [be] a father, where [is] mine honour? and if I [be] a master, where [is] my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?
  • Rom 8:14-17 : 14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. 15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. 16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: 17 ¶ And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with [him], that we may be also glorified together.
  • Heb 12:9 : 9 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected [us], and we gave [them] reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?
  • 1 John 3:1 : 1 ¶ Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
  • Job 32:21-22 : 21 Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person, neither let me give flattering titles unto man. 22 For I know not to give flattering titles; [in so doing] my maker would soon take me away.
  • 1 Cor 4:15 : 15 For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet [have ye] not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.
  • 2 Kgs 2:12 : 12 And Elisha saw [it], and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.
  • Matt 7:11 : 11 ‹If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?›
  • Acts 22:1 : 1 ¶ Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence [which I make] now unto you.
  • 2 Kgs 6:21 : 21 And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite [them]? shall I smite [them]?
  • 2 Kgs 13:14 : 14 Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof.
  • Matt 6:8-9 : 8 ‹Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.› 9 ¶ ‹After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.›
  • Matt 6:32 : 32 ‹(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.›
  • 2 Cor 6:18 : 18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
  • 1 Tim 5:1-2 : 1 ¶ Rebuke not an elder, but intreat [him] as a father; [and] the younger men as brethren; 2 The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.

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 ‹Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master,› [even] ‹Christ.›

    11 ‹But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.›

  • Matt 23:7-8
    2 verses
    82%

    7 ‹And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi.›

    8 ‹But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master,› [even] ‹Christ; and all ye are brethren.›

  • Matt 6:7-9
    3 verses
    75%

    7 ‹But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen› [do]: ‹for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.›

    8 ‹Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.›

    9 ¶ ‹After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.›

  • John 8:41
    72%

    41 ‹Ye do the deeds of your father.› Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, [even] God.

  • Matt 5:48
    70%

    48 ‹Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.›

  • Eph 6:9
    70%

    9 And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him.

  • John 8:19
    70%

    19 Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, ‹Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also.›

  • Matt 6:1
    69%

    1 ¶ ‹Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.›

  • Heb 12:9
    69%

    9 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected [us], and we gave [them] reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?

  • 1 Pet 1:17
    69%

    17 And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning [here] in fear:

  • Eph 4:6
    69%

    6 One God and Father of all, who [is] above all, and through all, and in you all.

  • Matt 10:20
    69%

    20 ‹For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.›

  • Matt 15:4-6
    3 verses
    69%

    4 ‹For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.›

    5 ‹But ye say, Whosoever shall say to› [his] ‹father or› [his] ‹mother,› [It is] ‹a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;›

    6 ‹And honour not his father or his mother,› [he shall be free]. ‹Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.›

  • John 6:46
    68%

    46 ‹Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father.›

  • Matt 6:14-15
    2 verses
    68%

    14 ‹For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:›

    15 ‹But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.›

  • John 8:38
    68%

    38 ¶ ‹I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father.›

  • Mark 7:12
    68%

    12 ‹And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother;›

  • John 5:23
    68%

    23 ‹That all› [men] ‹should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.›

  • Mark 11:25-26
    2 verses
    68%

    25 ‹And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.›

    26 ‹But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.›

  • 1 Cor 4:15
    68%

    15 For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet [have ye] not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.

  • Matt 6:18
    68%

    18 ‹That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.›

  • Matt 5:34
    67%

    34 ‹But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne:›

  • Eph 6:4
    67%

    4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

  • Luke 11:2
    67%

    2 And he said unto them, ‹When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.›

  • Eph 3:15
    67%

    15 Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,

  • Mark 10:18
    67%

    18 And Jesus said unto him, ‹Why callest thou me good?› [there is] ‹none good but one,› [that is], ‹God.›

  • Matt 12:50
    67%

    50 ‹For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.›

  • Matt 28:19
    67%

    19 ‹Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:›

  • Matt 18:10
    67%

    10 ‹Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.›

  • Matt 18:14
    67%

    14 ‹Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.›

  • Luke 18:19
    67%

    19 And Jesus said unto him, ‹Why callest thou me good? none› [is] ‹good, save one,› [that is], ‹God.›

  • Mark 13:32
    67%

    32 ‹But of that day and› [that] ‹hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.›

  • Matt 19:19
    66%

    19 ‹Honour thy father and› [thy] ‹mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.›

  • Matt 3:9
    66%

    9 And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to [our] father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.

  • Matt 24:36
    66%

    36 ‹But of that day and hour knoweth no› [man], ‹no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.›

  • 1 Cor 8:5
    66%

    5 For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,)

  • Matt 5:45
    66%

    45 ‹That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.›

  • Matt 7:11
    66%

    11 ‹If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?›

  • Lev 19:3
    66%

    3 Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I [am] the LORD your God.

  • Matt 18:35
    66%

    35 ‹So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.›

  • Luke 12:30
    66%

    30 ‹For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.›

  • John 20:17
    66%

    17 Jesus saith unto her, ‹Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and› [to] ‹my God, and your God.›

Created by Digify•Powered by SQLExpert
© 2025 Bibelvers. All rights reserved.