You call me, ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord.’ You say so correctly, for so I am.
Parallel translations
- KJV Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am.
- BSB You call Me Teacher and Lord, and rightly so, because I am.
- NKJV You call Me Teacher and Lord, and you say well, for so I am.
- NASB You call Me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord’; and you are correct, for so I am.
- NLT You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord,’ and you are right, because that’s what I am.
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- Luke 6:46“Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and don’t do the things which I say?
- Phil 2:11and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
- 1 Cor 12:3Therefore I make known to you that no man speaking by God’s Spirit says, “Jesus is accursed.” No one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” but by the Holy Spirit.
- John 11:28When she had said this, she went away, and called Mary, her sister, secretly, saying, “The Teacher is here, and is calling you.”
- Rom 14:8–9For if we live, we live to the Lord. Or if we die, we die to the Lord. If therefore we live or die, we are the Lord’s.
- Phil 3:8Yes most certainly, and I count all things to be a loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord, for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and count them nothing but refuse, that I may gain Christ
- Jas 2:19You believe that God is one. You do well. The demons also believe, and shudder.
- Matt 23:8–10But don’t you be called ‘Rabbi,’ for one is your teacher, the Christ, and all of you are brothers.
- 1 Cor 8:6yet to us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we for him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we live through him.
- Luke 10:28He said to him, “You have answered correctly. Do this, and you will live.”
- Matt 7:21–22Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
- Luke 7:43Simon answered, “He, I suppose, to whom he forgave the most.” He said to him, “You have judged correctly.”
- 2 Pet 1:14–16knowing that the putting off of my tent comes swiftly, even as our Lord Jesus Christ made clear to me.
- Jer 1:12Then Yahweh said to me, “You have seen well; for I watch over my word to perform it.”
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