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And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,(Matthew 23:6)
And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi.(Matthew 23:7)
But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren.(Matthew 23:8)
And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ.(Matthew 23:10)
But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.(Matthew 23:11)
And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.(Matthew 23:12)

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Matthew 23:9 - Cross Reference

For though ye have ten thousand instructers in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel. (1 Corinthians 4:15)
Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. (2 Kings 13:14)
And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them? (2 Kings 6:21)
(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. (Matthew 6:32)
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. (Romans 8:14)
Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. (Matthew 6:8)
If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him? (Matthew 7:11)
Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person, neither let me give flattering titles unto man. (Job 32:21)
Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live? (Hebrews 12:9)
Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. (1 John 3:1)
Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence which I make now unto you. (Acts 22:1)
And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces. (2 Kings 2:12)
A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name? (Malachi 1:6)
And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty. (2 Corinthians 6:18)
Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren; (1 Timothy 5:1)