Matthew 23:8

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

But you are not to be called‘Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher and you are all brothers.

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  • Jas 3:1 : 1 The Power of the Tongue Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers and sisters, because you know that we will be judged more strictly.
  • Matt 23:10 : 10 Nor are you to be called‘teacher,’ for you have one teacher, the Christ.
  • Matt 26:49 : 49 Immediately he went up to Jesus and said,“Greetings, Rabbi,” and kissed him.
  • Luke 22:32 : 32 but I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. When you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”
  • John 13:13-14 : 13 You call me‘Teacher’ and‘Lord,’ and do so correctly, for that is what I am. 14 If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you too ought to wash one another’s feet.
  • Rom 14:9-9 : 9 For this reason Christ died and returned to life, so that he may be the Lord of both the dead and the living. 10 But you who eat vegetables only– why do you judge your brother or sister? And you who eat everything– why do you despise your brother or sister? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God.
  • 1 Cor 1:12-13 : 12 Now I mean this, that each of you is saying,“I am with Paul,” or“I am with Apollos,” or“I am with Cephas,” or“I am with Christ.” 13 Is Christ divided? Paul wasn’t crucified for you, was he? Or were you in fact baptized in the name of Paul?
  • 1 Cor 3:3-5 : 3 for you are still influenced by the flesh. For since there is still jealousy and dissension among you, are you not influenced by the flesh and behaving like unregenerate people? 4 For whenever someone says,“I am with Paul,” or“I am with Apollos,” are you not merely human? 5 What is Apollos, really? Or what is Paul? Servants through whom you came to believe, and each of us in the ministry the Lord gave us.
  • 2 Cor 1:24 : 24 I do not mean that we rule over your faith, but we are workers with you for your joy, because by faith you stand firm.
  • 2 Cor 4:5 : 5 For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your slaves for Jesus’ sake.
  • Eph 3:15 : 15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named.
  • Col 1:1-2 : 1 ¶ Salutation From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, 2 to the saints, the faithful brothers and sisters in Christ, at Colossae. Grace and peace to you from God our Father!
  • 1 Pet 5:3 : 3 And do not lord it over those entrusted to you, but be examples to the flock.
  • Rev 1:9 : 9 I, John, your brother and the one who shares with you in the persecution, kingdom, and endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony about Jesus.
  • Rev 19:10 : 10 So I threw myself down at his feet to worship him, but he said,“Do not do this! I am only a fellow servant with you and your brothers and sisters who hold to the testimony about Jesus. Worship God, for the testimony about Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”
  • Rev 22:9 : 9 But he said to me,“Do not do this! I am a fellow servant with you and with your brothers the prophets, and with those who obey the words of this book. Worship God!”
  • Matt 10:25 : 25 It is enough for the disciple to become like his teacher, and the slave like his master. If they have called the head of the house‘Beelzebul,’ how much worse will they call the members of his household!
  • Matt 17:5 : 5 While he was still speaking, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said,“This is my one dear Son, in whom I take great delight. Listen to him!”

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    9And call no one your‘father’ on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.

    10Nor are you to be called‘teacher,’ for you have one teacher, the Christ.

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  • Matt 23:6-7
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    6They love the place of honor at banquets and the best seats in the synagogues

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    13You call me‘Teacher’ and‘Lord,’ and do so correctly, for that is what I am.

    14If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you too ought to wash one another’s feet.

    15For I have given you an example– you should do just as I have done for you.

    16I tell you the solemn truth, the slave is not greater than his master, nor is the one who is sent as a messenger greater than the one who sent him.

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    9Masters, treat your slaves the same way, giving up the use of threats, because you know that both you and they have the same master in heaven, and there is no favoritism with him.

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    1The Power of the Tongue Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers and sisters, because you know that we will be judged more strictly.

  • Matt 10:24-25
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    23and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.

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    40A disciple is not greater than his teacher, but everyone when fully trained will be like his teacher.

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    22For the one who was called in the Lord as a slave is the Lord’s freedman. In the same way, the one who was called as a free person is Christ’s slave.

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    47And if you only greet your brothers, what more do you do? Even the Gentiles do the same, don’t they?

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    42Jesus called them and said to them,“You know that those who are recognized as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in high positions use their authority over them.

    43But it is not this way among you. Instead whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant,

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    8Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

  • Gal 3:26
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    26For in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God through faith.

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    26Not so with you; instead the one who is greatest among you must become like the youngest, and the leader like the one who serves.

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    50For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”

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    25But Jesus called them and said,“You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in high positions use their authority over them.

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  • John 20:16
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    16Jesus said to her,“Mary.” She turned and said to him in Aramaic,“Rabboni”(which means Teacher).

  • Heb 8:11
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  • Matt 12:48
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    48To the one who had said this, Jesus replied,“Who is my mother and who are my brothers?”

  • Rom 14:10
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    10But you who eat vegetables only– why do you judge your brother or sister? And you who eat everything– why do you despise your brother or sister? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God.

  • Eph 4:20
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    20But you did not learn about Christ like this,

  • Eph 4:6
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    6one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.