"And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven."
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And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them?
Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof.
Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.
(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence which I make now unto you.
And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;
And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.
If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
For though ye have ten thousand instructers in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.
Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person, neither let me give flattering titles unto man.
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?
Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
And give no man the name of father on earth: because one is your Father, who is in heaven.
And call not [any one] your father upon the earth; for one is your Father, he who is in the heavens.
And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father who is in heaven.
Call no man on the earth your father, for one is your Father, he who is in heaven.
and ye may not call `any' your father on the earth, for one is your Father, who is in the heavens,