New Living Translation

Matthew 23:8-13 New Living Translation (NLT)

8. “Don’t let anyone call you ‘Rabbi,’ for you have only one teacher, and all of you are equal as brothers and sisters.

9. And don’t address anyone here on earth as ‘Father,’ for only God in heaven is your spiritual Father.

10. And don’t let anyone call you ‘Teacher,’ for you have only one teacher, the Messiah.

11. The greatest among you must be a servant.

12. But those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.

13. “What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you shut the door of the Kingdom of Heaven in people’s faces. You won’t go in yourselves, and you don’t let others enter either.