Call no man your father (πατερα μη καλεσητε υμων). Jesus meant the full sense of this noble word for our heavenly Father. "Abba wa…

And call no man your father, etc. This does not, of course, forbid us to apply the term to our real father. Religion requires all proper h…

Call no man your father — This title, in its Hebrew form Abba, was also one in which the scribes delighted. In its proper use, it…

In the Church of Christ, all titles and honors that exalt people and give occasion for pride are forbidden here. In the Christian commonwealth, we …

St. John Chrysostom: The Lord had charged the Scribes and Pharisees with harshness and neglect; He now brings forward their va…

The “you” (v.8) is emphatic, and Jesus is probably speaking primarily to his disciples here, just as he later addre es the Pharisees directly (vv.1…

And call no man on earth your Father. He claims for God alone the honor of Father, in nearly the same sense as he recently assert…

And call no man your father upon the earth
Not but that children may, and should call their natural parents, fathers…

The scribes and Pharisees explained the law of Moses, and enforced obedience to it. They are charged with hypocrisy in religion. We can only judge …

Here, it was shown how the Pharisees and the Scribes were provoked by Christ’s glory, and also by His wisdom, by which He had crushed them; now, ho…