Matthew 23:8-12 But be not you called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all you are brothers.… Excellent and admirable was the speech of Xunus, Emperor of China, to his son Tunis, who, according to the relation of Martinius, lived 2258 years before the birth of Christ. "Take," said he, when he was dying, "this sceptre, due to your virtue and merits; remember that you are the father of your people, that you are to deal with them as with your children; that the people are not born to serve you, but that you are born and designed to serve them; and that a king is alone raised up above all the rest that he might alone be able to serve all. (C. Buckley.) Parallel Verses KJV: But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren.WEB: But don't you be called 'Rabbi,' for one is your teacher, the Christ, and all of you are brothers. |
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