Matthew 10:37 - English Majority Text Version 2009

³⁷ 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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁷ He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁷ He who loves [and takes more pleasure in] father or mother more than [in] Me is not worthy of Me; and he who loves [and takes more pleasure in] son or daughter more than [in] Me is not worthy of Me;

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁷ He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

Common English Bible

³⁷ “Those who love father or mother more than me aren’t worthy of me. Those who love son or daughter more than me aren’t worthy of me.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁷ Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me. And whoever loves son or daughter above me is not worthy of me.

Matthew 10:37 Cross References

Matthew 22:37

Jesus said to him, "'You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.'

Matthew 22:8

Then he said to his servants, 'The wedding indeed is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy.

Luke 14:26

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.

Luke 20:35

But those who have been counted worthy to attain that age, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry nor are given in marriage;

Luke 21:36

Watch therefore, praying always that you may be counted worthy to escape everything that is about to happen, and to stand before the Son of Man."

John 5:23

so that all may honor the Son even as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.

Revelation 3:4

You have a few names in Sardis who have not defiled their garments; and they will walk with Me in white, because they are worthy.