Matthew 23:9
Sunday, 4 October 2026
Do not call anyone on earth your father; for One is your Father, He who is in heaven. Matthew 23:9
“And ‘father’, none you should call, of you, upon the earth. One, indeed, He is the Father of you, the ‘in the celestial’.” (CG)
In the previous verse, Jesus instructed those in attendance not to be called Rabbi. There was to be one Guide for them. Next, Jesus continues in the context of instruction, saying, “And ‘father’, none you should call, of you, upon the earth.”
The meaning comes from the habit in rabbinic schools of calling the founder or main rabbi abba, father…
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