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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" <br> A literalistic reading of '''ὑμῶν''' ''hymon'' as "you" instead of "your" in the context of the statement makes no sense in the Greek:  "And you father no call on earth". Here '''ὑμῶν''' ''hymon'' is the modifier of '''πατέρα''' ''patera'' "father"—"your father". Some however, ignorant of the rules of Greek [[semantics]] and [[syntax]], or being dishonest, twist the Greek vocabulary and grammatical structure, reading this phrase according to what they think (or would like to think) is the literal sense: "And father no call you [''your''] on earth"—"And father call you [''your''] no on earth"—"And 'father' call you no [man] on earth". The literal sense is rather: "And father call not your on earth"—"And your father call not [man] on earth."

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" <br> A literalistic reading of '''ὑμῶν''' ''hymon'' as "you" instead of "your" in the context of the statement makes no sense in the Greek:  "And you father no call on earth". Here '''ὑμῶν''' ''hymon'' "you, your" is the modifier of '''πατέρα''' ''patera'' "father"—"''your'' father". Some however, ignorant of the rules of Greek [[semantics]] and [[Grammar#Some Grammar Concepts|syntax]], or being dishonest scribes, twist the Greek vocabulary and grammatical structure, reading this phrase according to what they think (or would like to think) is the literal sense: "And father none call you [''your''] on earth"—"And father call you [''your''] no on earth"—"And 'father' call you not on earth". <br> Instead of this ''[[Eisegesis|eisegetical]]'' reading, the literal sense is rather: "And father not call your on earth"—"And your father call not [man] on earth."

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].  

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].