KJV ORIGINAL
But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
Don't let people call you 'Teacher' or put you on some pedestal — there's only one Master, and that's Christ. The rest of us? We're all just family, all on the same level.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
Nobody's above anybody else — we're all just siblings figuring it out together under one Teacher.
📜 Historical Context — Why was this verse written?
The Gospel of Matthew was likely written by a Jewish Christian for a community of Jewish Christians, possibly in Syria, sometime between 70 and 9
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