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In Matthew 23:9 the Lord Jesus Christ said, "'''Call no man on the earth ''your father'''''" <ref>The text of this Section –[ Addressing Scribes as "my father" - Matthew 23:9 ]– is copied and adapted from the marginal note on Matthew 23:9 at [[Harmony of the Gospel (Conservative_Version) longer form Chapters 22-28#Twenty-six]]. </ref>

In Matthew 23:9 the Lord Jesus Christ said, "'''Call no man on the earth ''your father'''''" <ref>The text of this Section –[ Addressing Scribes as "my father" - Matthew 23:9 ]– is copied and adapted from the marginal note on Matthew 23:9 at [[Harmony of the Gospel (Conservative_Version) longer form Chapters 22-28#Twenty-six]]. </ref>

Jesus did not say, "''Call no man on earth, 'father' ''". He said, "''Call no man on the earth '''your''' father''" The Greek New Testament explicitly uses the word '''ὑμῶν''' ''hymōn'' "your":<br> '''καὶ πατέρα μὴ καλέσητε ὑμῶν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς''' <br> ''kai patera mē kalesēte hymōn epi tēs gēs'' <br> (literally) "And father no call your on the earth" <br> (Gk. '''μὴ''' ''mē'' "no" = ''no'' [''one'']) <br>  "And father no [one] call your on the earth" <ref>See the [http://biblehub.com/interlinear/matthew/23-9.htm interlinear English and Greek text] and [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/matthew/23-9.htm ''multiple commentaries on'' Matthew 23:9].</ref>  

Jesus did not say, "''Call no man on earth, 'father' ''". He said, "''Call no man on the earth '''your''' father''" The Greek New Testament explicitly uses the word '''ὑμῶν''' ''hymōn'' "your"''':'''<br> '''καὶ πατέρα μὴ καλέσητε ὑμῶν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς''' <br> ''kai patera mē kalesēte hymōn epi tēs gēs'' <br> (literally) "And father no call your on the earth" <br> (Gk. '''μὴ''' ''mē'' "no" = ''no'' [''one'']) <br>  "And father no [one] call your on the earth" <ref>See the [http://biblehub.com/interlinear/matthew/23-9.htm interlinear English and Greek text] and [http://biblehub.com/commentaries/matthew/23-9.htm ''multiple commentaries on'' Matthew 23:9].</ref>  

Jesus does not say, "Do not be '''called''' fathers". <br>However, in Matthew 23 verse 10, he '''''does''''' say, "Neither be '''called''' masters". <br>(''Yet Paul and Peter addressed men as "masters"''''':''' Ephesians 6:5, 9; Colossians 3:22; 4:1; 1&nbsp;Timothy 6:1-2; Titus 2:9; 1&nbsp;Peter 2:18.)

Jesus does not say, "Do not be '''called''' fathers". <br>However, in Matthew 23 verse 10, he '''''does''''' say, "Neither be '''called''' masters". <br>(''Yet Paul and Peter addressed men as "masters"''''':''' Ephesians 6:5, 9; Colossians 3:22; 4:1; 1&nbsp;Timothy 6:1-2; Titus 2:9; 1&nbsp;Peter 2:18.)

Omitting to include in translation a doctrinally significant word that is present in every extant manuscript of this verse in Matthew is a deliberate act involving substantial alteration of the meaning of the scriptural text, an act which every Bible-believing Christian condemns. <br>See [http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/8-8.htm Jeremiah 8:8] and [http://biblehub.com/revelation/22-19.htm Revelation 22:19]. See [http://biblehub.com/luke/11-52.htm Luke 11:52].

Omitting to include in translation a doctrinally significant word that is present in every extant manuscript of this verse in Matthew is a deliberate act involving substantial alteration of the meaning of the scriptural text, an act which every Bible-believing Christian condemns. <br>See [http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/8-8.htm Jeremiah 8:8] and [http://biblehub.com/revelation/22-19.htm Revelation 22:19]. See [http://biblehub.com/luke/11-52.htm Luke 11:52].

Here is a list of some of the more widely published and distributed English translations which ''exclude'' the word "your" in Matthew 23:9, among their other scribal violations of the Bible:

Here is a list of some of the more widely published and distributed English translations which ''exclude'' the word "your" in Matthew 23:9, among their other scribal violations of the Bible''':'''

:*NIV New International Version

:*NIV New International Version

:*NLT New Living Translation

:*NLT New Living Translation