Romans 9:13

Easy To Read Version

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

Cross References

Genesis 29:31

The Lord saw that Jacob loved Rachel more than Leah. So the Lord made it possible for Leah to have children. But Rachel did not have any children.

Genesis 29:33

Leah became pregnant again and had another son. She named this son Simeon. [167] Leah said, “The Lord has heard that I am not loved, so he gave me this son.”

Proverbs 13:24

If a person truly loves his children, then he will correct them when they are wrong. If you love your son, then you will be careful to teach him the right way.

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.

Mark 12:10

Surely you have read this Scripture {\cf2\super [153]} :

Luke 14:26

“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!

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.

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.