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Matthew 23:8

But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren.

KJV

ὑμεῖς δὲ μὴ κληθῆτε, ῥαββεί, εἷς γάρ ἐστιν ὑμῶν ὁ διδάσκαλος, πάντες δὲ ὑμεῖς ἀδελφοί ἐστε.

Greek NT

Vos autem nolite vocari Rabbi : unus est enim magister vester, omnes autem vos fratres estis.

Vulgate

But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your teacher, and all ye are brethren.

ASV

But be not you called Rabbi. For one is your master: and all you are brethren.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
διδάσκαλος
didaskalos
noun · 60×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
εἷς
eis
adjective · 336×
καλέω
kaleo
verb · 148×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
ἀδελφός
adelphos
noun · 343×
o
article · 19778×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×
ῥαββί
rabbi
hebrew_word · 15×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: διδάσκαλος | WH/Treg/NIV: διδάσκαλος | RP: καθηγητής ὁ χριστός
  • διδάσκαλοςSBLGNT
  • διδάσκαλοςWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • καθηγητής ὁ χριστόςRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Themes

Historic Christian voices

6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

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1. A grievous thing, beloved, a grievous thing it is to come to the depths of wickedness; for then the soul becomes hard to be restored. Wherefore we should use every exertion not to be taken at all; since it is easier not to fall in, than having fallen to recover one's self. Observe, for instance, when Judas had thrown himself into sin, how great assistance he enjoyed, yet not…
1. How Christians are the Spiritual Israel. That people which was called of old the people of God was divided into twelve tribes, and over and above the other tribes it had the levitical order, which itself again carried on the service of God in various priestly and levitical suborders. In the same manner, it appears to me that the whole people of Christ, when we regard it in t…
The Springfield Presbytery, having sat with gravity during its brief existence and observing that bodies religious may decay and die as well as bodies natural, chose to prepare its last will and testament. This satirical document dissolved the Presbytery itself after only nine months, declaring that human ecclesiastical structures tend to usurp the authority that belongs to Chr…

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 1:12 — Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.
  • 1Cor 3:3 — For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?
  • 1Pet 5:3 — Neither as being lords over God’s heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.
  • 1Pet 5:3 — Neither as being lords over God’s heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.
  • 1Tim 5:1 — Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;
  • 2Cor 1:24 — Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand.
  • 2Cor 1:24 — Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand.
  • 2Cor 4:5 — For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus’ sake.
  • Acts 6:3 — Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.
  • Col 1:1 — Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother,
  • Col 1:18 — And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
  • Eph 3:15 — Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,
  • Jas 3:1 — My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.
  • Jas 3:1 — My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.
  • John 13:13 — Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am.
  • Luke 22:26 — But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.
  • Luke 22:32 — But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.
  • Mark 10:43 — But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister:
  • Matt 10:25 — It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?
  • Matt 17:5 — While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.
  • Matt 20:26 — But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;
  • Matt 23:10 — Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ.
  • Matt 26:18 — And he said, Go into the city to such a man, and say unto him, The Master saith, My time is at hand; I will keep the passover at thy house with my disciples.
  • Phlm 1:16 — Not now as a servant, but above a servant, a brother beloved, specially to me, but how much more unto thee, both in the flesh, and in the Lord?
  • Rev 1:9 — I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Je
  • Rev 19:10 — And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is
  • Rev 22:9 — Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God.
  • Rom 14:9 — For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.