And do not call anyone on earth ‘father,’ for you have one Father, and he is in heaven.
What to do with the guy who's name is after that term on my Birth Certificate?
Should he not get a card on the date-that-shall-not-be-named every June?
“And do not call anyone on earth ‘father,’ for you have one Father, and he is in heaven.”
So, what do you call your father...er, I mean your male parent?
The Catholic Church gave the world the Bible. Even Luther gave Catholics credit!
you don't have a Father and a Mother???
Well you do remember that it was the Catholic Church that preserved it by hand copying it for 1300 years. We wrote the New Testament, and preserved the original canon.
And do not call anyone on earth ‘father,’ for you have one Father, and he is in heaven.
Ledts look at the verse in context: Matthew 23:8 But you are not to be called rabbi, for you have one teacher, and you are all students. 9 And call no one your father on earth, for you have one Father—the one in heaven. 10 Nor are you to be called instructors, for you have one instructor, the Messiah.
What do you call your biological parent? Did you have teachers in school?
How about Acts 7:2 And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran, where Stephen called Abraham "our Father?How about Pauls commentGalatians 1:14 and I advanced in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people, so extremely zealous was I for the traditions of my Fathers.? My personal favorite:1 Corinthians 4:15 For though you have countless guides in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel.