Matthew 10:37 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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.

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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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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.

Matthew 10:37 Cross References

Genesis 21:11

And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight on account of his son.

Zechariah 13:3

And it shall come to pass that, when any shall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thou shall not live; for thou speakest lies in the name of the LORD: and his father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth.

Matthew 22:37

And he said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

Matthew 22:8

Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they that were bidden were not worthy.

Luke 14:26

If any man cometh unto me, and hateth not his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

Luke 20:35

but they that are accounted worthy to attain to that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:

Luke 21:36

But watch ye at every season, making supplication, that ye may prevail to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

John 5:23

that all may honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which sent him.

Deuteronomy 33:9

Who said of his father, and of his mother, I have not seen him; Neither did he acknowledge his brethren, Nor knew he his own children: For they have observed thy word, And keep thy covenant.

Revelation 3:4

But thou hast a few names in Sardis which did not defile their garments: and they shall walk with me in white; for they are worthy.

1 Samuel 2:29

Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people?