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Matthew 23:6-8
New Catholic Bible
Matthew 23:6-8
New Catholic Bible
6 They love to have places of honor at banquets and the best seats in synagogues, 7 and to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces and to be addressed as ‘Rabbi.’
Do Not Be Called Teacher.[a] 8 “But do not allow yourselves to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have only one Master, and you are all brethren.
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- Matthew 23:8 Here Jesus obviously does not abolish the words “Rabbi,” “father,” and “teacher.” He condemns ambition and despotism on the one hand and blind servility on the other. The true Father of Christians is God, and the true Master is Christ, the Son of God. In others, paternal and magistral authority is never absolute, but relative and subordinate to the divine authority.
Matthew 23:6-8
English Standard Version
Matthew 23:6-8
English Standard Version
6 and they (A)love the place of honor at feasts and (B)the best seats in the synagogues 7 and (C)greetings in (D)the marketplaces and being called (E)rabbi[a] by others. 8 (F)But you are not to be called rabbi, for you have one teacher, and you are (G)all brothers.[b]
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- Matthew 23:7 Rabbi means my teacher, or my master; also verse 8
- Matthew 23:8 Or brothers and sisters
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