He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.
Matthew 4:22 - English Majority Text Version 2009 And immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed Him. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition At once they left the boat and their father and joined Jesus as disciples [sided with His party and followed Him]. American Standard Version (1901) And they straightway left the boat and their father, and followed him. Common English Bible immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him. Catholic Public Domain Version And immediately, leaving their nets and their father behind, they followed him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And they forthwith left their nets and father, and followed him. |
He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.
And having gone forth from there, He saw two other brothers, James the [son] of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets. And He called them.
And Jesus went about all of Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every illness among the people.
And immediately He called them. And after they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired workers, they went away after Him.
If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple.
So likewise, every one of you who does not renounce all his possessions cannot be My disciple.
And having brought the boats to land, they left everything and followed Him.
Therefore, from now on, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know [Him thus] no longer.