Luke 14:26

Easy To Read Version

“If a person comes to me, but will not leave his father, mother, wife, children, brothers, or sisters, then that person cannot be my follower. A person must love me more than he loves anything—even his own life!

Cross References

Psalm 139:22

I hate them completely!\par Your enemies are also my enemies.\par

Numbers 10:30

But Hobab answered, “No, I will not go with you. I will go back to my homeland and to my own people.”

Matthew 10:37

“Any person that loves his father or mother more than he loves me is not good enough to follow me. Any person who loves his son or daughter more than he loves me is not good enough to follow me.

Luke 14:20

A third man said, ‘I just got married; I can’t come.’

Luke 14:25

Many people were traveling with Jesus. Jesus said to the people,

John 12:25

The person that loves his own life will lose it. But the person that hates his life in this world will keep it. He will have life forever.

Acts 20:24

I don’t care about my own life. The most important thing is that I finish my work. I want to finish the work that the Lord Jesus gave me to do—to tell people the Good News about God’s grace (kindness).

Romans 9:13

Like the Scripture {\cf2\super [84]} says, “I loved Jacob, but I hated Esau.” {\cf2\super [85]}

Deuteronomy 21:15

“A man might have two wives. And he might love one wife more than the other. Both wives might have children for him. And the first child might be the child of the wife he does not love.

Deuteronomy 33:9

{They cared more for you, Lord, than for their own families.} They ignored their fathers and mothers. They did not recognize their brothers. They did not pay attention to their children. But they obeyed your commands. They kept your Agreement.

Philippians 3:8

Not only those things, but now I think that all things are worth nothing compared with the greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. Because of Christ, I lost all those things \{I thought were important\}. And now I know that all those things are worthless trash. This allows me to have Christ.

Revelation 12:11

Our brothers defeated him by the blood (death) of the Lamb and by the message \{of God\} they told people. They did not love their lives too much. They were not afraid of death.