As it is written, "Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated."
He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.
Have you not even read this Scripture: 'The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone.
If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple.
He that loves his life shall lose it, and he that hates his life in this world shall keep it for eternal life.