⁹也 不要 称呼 地 上 的人为父 ，因为 只有一位 是 你们的 父 ，就是在 天上 的父。

⁹ Verse 9. Call no man your FATHER] Our Lord probably alludes to

the AB, or father of the Sanhedrin, who was the next after the

nasi, or president. See on Mt 20:21. By which he gives his

disciples to understand that he would have no SECOND, after

himself, established in his Church, of which he alone was the

head; and that perfect equality must subsist among them.