Matthew 10:37

American King James Version (1999)

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

Cross References

Genesis 21:11

And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight because 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 to him, You shall not live; for you speak lies in the name of the LORD: and his father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesies.

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 said he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy.

Luke 14:26

If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

Luke 20:35

But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:

Luke 21:36

Watch you therefore, and pray always, that you may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

John 5:23

That all men should honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He that honors not the Son honors not the Father which has sent him.

Deuteronomy 33:9

Who said to his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brothers, nor knew his own children: for they have observed your word, and kept your covenant.

Revelation 3:4

You have a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.

1 Samuel 2:29

Why kick you at my sacrifice and at my offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and honor your sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the most chief of all the offerings of Israel my people?