and the greetings in the marketplaces and to be called ‘Rabbi’ by people. But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ because one is your teacher, and you are all brothers, And do not call anyone[a] your father on earth, for one is your heavenly Father.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 23:9 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation

they love to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces and to be called ‘Rabbi’ by others.(A)

“But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers. And do not call anyone on earth ‘father,’ for you have one Father,(B) and he is in heaven.

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