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Selected Verse: Matthew 23:9 - Strong Concordance

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Mt 23:9 Strong Concordance And [2532] call [2564] no [3361] man your [5216] father [3962] upon [1909] the earth [1093]: for [1063] one [1520] is [2076] your [5216] Father [3962], which [3588] is in [1722] heaven [3772].
  King James And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven, &c.--To construe these injunctions into a condemnation of every title by which Church rulers may be distinguished from the flock which they rule, is virtually to condemn that rule itself; and accordingly the same persons do both--but against the whole strain of the New Testament and sound Christian judgment. But when we have guarded ourselves against these extremes, let us see to it that we retain the full spirit of this warning against that itch for ecclesiastical superiority which has been the bane and the scandal of Christ's ministers in every age. (On the use of the word "Christ" here, see on Mat 1:1).
 
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1 The book [976] of the generation [1078] of Jesus [2424] Christ [5547], the son [5207] of David [1138], the son [5207] of Abraham [11].
1 Children [5043], obey [5219] your [5216] parents [1118] in [1722] the Lord [2962]: for [1063] this [5124] is [2076] right [1342].
2 Honour [5091] thy [4675] father [3962] and [2532] mother [3384]; (which [3748] is [2076] the first [4413] commandment [1785] with [1722] promise [1860];)
3 That [2443] it may be [1096] well [2095] with thee [4671], and [2532] thou mayest [2071] live long [3118] on [1909] the earth [1093].
4 For [1063] God [2316] commanded [1781], saying [3004], Honour [5091] thy [4675] father [3962] and [2532] mother [3384]: and [2532], He that curseth [2551] father [3962] or [2228] mother [3384], let him die [5053] the death [2288].
12 Honour [03513] thy father [01] and thy mother [0517]: that thy days [03117] may be long [0748] upon the land [0127] which the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] giveth [05414] thee.
21 And [1161] he said [2036] unto her [846], What [5101] wilt thou [2309]? She saith [3004] unto him [846], Grant [2036] that [2443] these [3778] my [3450] two [1417] sons [5207] may sit [2523], the one [1520] on [1537] thy [4675] right hand [1188], and [2532] the other [1520] on [1537] the left [2176], in [1722] thy [4675] kingdom [932].