Matthew 23:8-12
23:8 But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher and you are all brothers.
23:9 And call no one your ‘father’ on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.
23:10 Nor are you to be called ‘teacher,’ for you have one teacher, the Christ. 1
23:11 The 2 greatest among you will be your servant.
23:12 And whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
1 tn Or “Messiah”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”
sn See the note on Christ in 1:16.
2 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.