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Source language
Original Greek   
καὶ πατέρα μὴ καλέσητε ὑμῶν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, εἷς γάρ ἐστιν ⸂ὑμῶν ὁ πατὴρ⸃ ὁ ⸀οὐράνιος·
Greek - Transliteration via code library   
kai patera me kalesete umon epi tes ges, eis gar estin [?]umon o pater[?] o rouranios*

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
et patrem nolite vocare vobis super terram unus enim est Pater vester qui in caelis est

King James Variants
American King James Version   
And call no man your father on the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, who is in heaven.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
Authorized (King James) Version   
And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
New King James Version   
Do not call anyone on earth your father; for One is your Father, He who is in heaven.
21st Century King James Version   
“And call no man your father upon earth, for One is your Father, who is in Heaven.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
And call no man your father on the earth: for one is your Father, even he who is in heaven.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
And you should not call yourselves “Father”, in the earth, for one is your Father who is in Heaven.
Darby Bible Translation   
And call not any one your father upon the earth; for one is your Father, he who is in the heavens.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
And call none your father upon earth; for one is your father, who is in heaven.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
And call no man your father on the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
And call no man your father on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.
God's Word   
And don't call anyone on earth your father, because you have only one Father, and he is in heaven.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
Do not call anyone on earth your father, because you have one Father, who is in heaven.
International Standard Version   
And don't call anyone on earth 'Father,' because you have only one Father, the one in heaven.
NET Bible   
And call no one your 'father' on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.
New American Standard Bible   
"Do not call anyone on earth your father; for One is your Father, He who is in heaven.
New International Version   
And do not call anyone on earth 'father,' for you have one Father, and he is in heaven.
New Living Translation   
And don't address anyone here on earth as 'Father,' for only God in heaven is your spiritual Father.
Webster's Bible Translation   
And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father who is in heaven.
Weymouth New Testament   
And call no one on earth your Father, for One alone is your Father--the Heavenly Father.
The World English Bible   
Call no man on the earth your father, for one is your Father, he who is in heaven.
EasyEnglish Bible   
Also, do not call any other person in the world, “Father”. You have only one Father, and he is in heaven.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
and ye may not call [any] your father on the earth, for one is your Father, who is in the heavens,
New Life Version   
Do not call any man here on earth your father. There is only one Father and He is in heaven.
Revised Geneva Translation   
“And call no man your father upon the earth. For there is but One, your Father Who is in Heaven.
The Voice Bible   
Indeed, do not call anyone on earth “Father,” for you have only one father, and He is in heaven.
Living Bible   
And don’t address anyone here on earth as ‘Father,’ for only God in heaven should be addressed like that.
New Catholic Bible   
Call no one on earth your father, for you have but one Father, and he is in heaven.
Legacy Standard Bible   
And do not call anyone on earth your father; for One is your Father, He who is in heaven.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
And call no one your father upon the earth, for one is your Father, who is in the heavens.
Christian Standard Bible   
Do not call anyone on earth your father, because you have one Father, who is in heaven.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
And do not call anyone [in the church] on earth father, for you have one Father, Who is in heaven.
New Century Version   
And don’t call any person on earth ‘Father,’ because you have one Father, who is in heaven.
The Message   
“Don’t let people do that to you, put you on a pedestal like that. You all have a single Teacher, and you are all classmates. Don’t set people up as experts over your life, letting them tell you what to do. Save that authority for God; let him tell you what to do. No one else should carry the title of ‘Father’; you have only one Father, and he’s in heaven. And don’t let people maneuver you into taking charge of them. There is only one Life-Leader for you and them—Christ.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
Also do not call anyone on earth your ‘Father,’ for you have one Father, and he is in heaven.
Mounce Reverse Interlinear New Testament   
And do not call anyone on earth your ‘father,’ · for you have but one · Father, and he is in heaven.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
And call no one your father on earth, for you have one Father—the one in heaven.
New Matthew Bible   
And call no man upon the earth your father, for there is but one your Father, and he is in heaven.
Good News Translation®   
And you must not call anyone here on earth ‘Father,’ because you have only the one Father in heaven.
Wycliffe Bible   
And do not ye call to you a father on earth [And do not ye call to you a father upon earth], for one is your Father, that is in heavens.
New Testament for Everyone   
And you shouldn’t call anyone ‘father’ on earth, because you have one father, in heaven.
Contemporary English Version   
Don't call anyone on earth your father. All of you have the same Father in heaven.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
And call no man your father on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.
J.B. Phillips New Testament   
Then Jesus addressed the crowds and his disciples. “The scribes and the Pharisees speak with the authority of Moses,” he told them, “so you must do what they tell you and follow their instructions. But you must not imitate their lives! For they preach but do not practise. They pile up back-breaking burdens and lay them on other men’s shoulders—yet they themselves will not raise a finger to move them. Their whole lives are planned with an eye to effect. They increase the size of their phylacteries and lengthen the tassels of their robes; they love seats of honour at dinner parties and front places in the synagogues. They love to be greeted with respect in public places and to have men call them ‘rabbi!’ Don’t you ever be called ‘rabbi’—you have only one teacher, and all of you are brothers. And don’t call any human being ‘father’—for you have one Father and he is in Heaven. And you must not let people call you ‘leaders’—you have only one leader, Christ! The only ‘superior’ among you is the one who serves the others. For every man who promotes himself will be humbled, and every man who learns to be humble will find promotion.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
And call no one your father on earth, for you have one Father, the one in heaven.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
And call no one your father on earth, for you have one Father—the one in heaven.
Common English Bible © 2011   
Don’t call anybody on earth your father, because you have one Father, who is heavenly.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
Do not call anyone on earth [who guides you spiritually] your father; for One is your Father, He who is in heaven.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
And call no man your father on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
Call no one on earth your father; you have but one Father in heaven.
New American Standard Bible   
And do not call anyone on earth your father; for only One is your Father, He who is in heaven.
The Expanded Bible   
And don’t call any person on earth ‘Father,’ because you have one Father, who is in heaven.
Tree of Life Version   
And call no man on earth your father; for One is your Father, who is in heaven.
Revised Standard Version   
And call no man your father on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.
New International Reader's Version   
Do not call anyone on earth ‘father.’ You have one Father, and he is in heaven.
BRG Bible   
And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
Complete Jewish Bible   
And do not call anyone on earth ‘Father.’ because you have one Father, and he is in heaven.
Worldwide English (New Testament)   
`Do not call anyone on earth your "Father". You have one Father. He is in heaven.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
And call no one your father on earth, for you have one Father—the one in heaven.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
And do not refer to anyone in the Olam Hazeh as your Abba, for One is your Av shbaShomayim.
Names of God Bible   
And don’t call anyone on earth your father, because you have only one Father, and he is in heaven.
Modern English Version   
And call no man on earth your father, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.
Easy-to-Read Version   
And don’t call anyone on earth ‘Father.’ You have one Father. He is in heaven.
International Children’s Bible   
And don’t call any person on earth ‘Father.’ You have one Father. He is in heaven.
Lexham English Bible   
And do not call anyone your father on earth, for one is your heavenly Father.
New International Version - UK   
And do not call anyone on earth “father”, for you have one Father, and he is in heaven.
Disciples Literal New Testament   
And do not call one on earth your father. For One is your Father— the heavenly One.