Matthew 23:8 Made Simple

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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