Matthew 23:9 Cross References

Matthew 23:9

9: And don't address anyone here on earth as 'Father,' for only God in heaven is your spiritual Father.

Since we respect our earthly fathers who disciplined us, should we not all the more cheerfully submit to the discipline of our heavenly Father and live forever?

The LORD Almighty says to the priests: "A son honors his father, and a servant respects his master. I am your father and master, but where are the honor and respect I deserve? You have despised my name! "But you ask, `How have we ever despised your name?'

See how very much our heavenly Father loves us, for he allows us to be called his children, and we really are! But the people who belong to this world don't know God, so they don't understand that we are his children.

For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God.
So you should not be like cowering, fearful slaves. You should behave instead like God's very own children, adopted into his family--calling him "Father, dear Father."
For his Holy Spirit speaks to us deep in our hearts and tells us that we are God's children.
And since we are his children, we will share his treasures--for everything God gives to his Son, Christ, is ours, too. But if we are to share his glory, we must also share his suffering.

For even if you had ten thousand others to teach you about Christ, you have only one spiritual father. For I became your father in Christ Jesus when I preached the Good News to you.

If you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good gifts to those who ask him.

Elisha saw it and cried out, "My father! My father! The chariots and charioteers of Israel!" And as they disappeared from sight, Elisha tore his robe in two.

Never speak harshly to an older man, but appeal to him respectfully as though he were your own father. Talk to the younger men as you would to your own brothers.
Treat the older women as you would your mother, and treat the younger women with all purity as your own sisters.

And I will be your Father, and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty. "

Don't be like them, because your Father knows exactly what you need even before you ask him!
Pray like this: Our Father in heaven, may your name be honored.

When Elisha was in his last illness, King Jehoash of Israel visited him and wept over him. "My father! My father! The chariots and charioteers of Israel!" he cried.

"Brothers and esteemed fathers," Paul said, "listen to me as I offer my defense."

When the king of Israel saw them, he shouted to Elisha, "My father, should I kill them?"

Why be like the pagans who are so deeply concerned about these things? Your heavenly Father already knows all your needs,

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