read matthew 23 again guy. Jesus spoke to the disciples and the people gather there which included the :
Scribes and Pharisees
You will see why Jesus said what he said IF you read chapter 22 you know the one before 23.
In verse 41 of chapter 22 of matthews
The pharisees were qestioning Jesus.
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While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, 42 saying, “What do you think about the Christ? Whose Son is He?”
They said to Him, “
The Son of David.”
43 He said to them, “How then does David in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord,’ saying:
44 ‘The Lord said to my Lord,
“Sit at My right hand,
Till I make Your enemies Your footstool” ’?
45 If David then calls Him ‘Lord,’ how is He his Son?” 46 And no one was able to answer Him a word, nor from that day on did anyone
dare question Him anymore.
Then chapter 23 starts
Jesus says to those there : Disciples and the multitudes, scribes, and Pharisees
"23 Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to His disciples, 2 saying: “The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat. 3 Therefore whatever they tell you [a]to observe, that observe and do, but do not do according to their works; for they say, and do not do.
everything Jesu was saying HERE was in context to the SCRIBES and Pharisees.
6 They love the [
b]best places at feasts, the best seats in the synagogues,
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greetings in the marketplaces, and to be called by men, ‘
Rabbi, Rabbi.’ 8 But you,
do not be called ‘Rabbi’; for One is your [
c]
Teacher, [
d]the Christ, and you are all brethren. 9
Do not call anyone on earth your father; for
One is your Father, He who is in heaven. 10 And do
not be called teachers; for One is your Teacher, the Christ. 11 But he who is greatest among you shall be your servant. 12 And whoever exalts himself will be [
e]humbled, and he who humbles himself will be [
f]exalted.
13 “But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men; for you neither go in
yourselves,nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.
All of this was directed to the Scribes and Pharisees. we do call men teachers today by your understand that too is a no no.
Wrong we call men today (f)ather but know who our (F)ather in Heaven is. These types Jesus called hypocrites.