Matthew 10:37

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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.

Cross References

Genesis 21:11

Abraham took this grievously, for the sake of his son.

Zechariah 13:3

And this shall be: when any devotee will continue to prophesy, his father and his mother, who conceived him, will say to him, "You shall not live, because you have been speaking a lie in the name of the Lord." And his father and his mother, his own parents, will pierce him, when he will prophesy.

Matthew 22:37

Jesus said to him: " 'You shall love the Lord your God from 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, has been prepared. But those who were invited were not worthy.

Luke 14:26

"If anyone comes to me, and does not hate his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and yes, even his own life, he is not able to be my disciple.

Luke 20:35

Yet truly, those who shall be held worthy of that age, and of the resurrection from the dead, will neither be married, nor take wives.

Luke 21:36

And so, be vigilant, praying at all times, so that you may be held worthy to escape from all these things, which are in the future, and to stand before the Son of man."

John 5:23

so that all may honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son, does not honor the Father who sent him.

Deuteronomy 33:9

He has said to his father and to his mother, 'I do not know you,' and to his brothers, 'I will disregard you.' And they have not known their own sons. Such as these have kept your word and have observed your covenant:

Revelation 3:4

But you have a few names in Sardis who have not defiled their garments. And these shall walk with me in white, because they are worthy.

1 Samuel 2:29

Why have you kicked away my victims and my gifts, which I instructed to be offered in the temple? And why have you given more honor to your sons than to me, so that you eat the first-fruits of every sacrifice of my people Israel?