Matthew 10:37

God's Word

“The person who loves his father or mother more than me does not deserve to be my disciple. The person who loves a son or daughter more than me does not deserve to be my disciple.

Cross References

Genesis 21:11

Abraham was upset by this because of his son Ishmael.

Zechariah 13:3

“If a man still prophesies, his father and his mother, who gave birth to him, will say, ‘You don’t deserve to live because you speak lies in the name of the Lord.’ Then his father and his mother, who gave birth to him, will stab him when he prophesies.

Matthew 22:37

Jesus answered him, “ ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’

Matthew 22:8

“Then the king said to his servants, ‘The wedding is ready, but those who were invited don’t deserve the honor.

Luke 14:26

“If people come to me and are not ready to abandon their fathers, mothers, wives, children, brothers, and sisters, as well as their own lives, they cannot be my disciples.

Luke 20:35

But people who are considered worthy to come back to life and live in the next world will neither marry

Luke 21:36

Be alert at all times. Pray so that you have the power to escape everything that is about to happen and to stand in front of the Son of Man.”

John 5:23

so that everyone will honor the Son as they honor the Father. Whoever doesn’t honor the Son doesn’t honor the Father who sent him.

Deuteronomy 33:9

They said that they didn’t know their father and mother. They didn’t recognize their own brothers. They didn’t acknowledge their own children. But they obeyed your word and were faithful to the terms of your promise.

Revelation 3:4

But you have a few people in Sardis who have kept their clothes clean. They will walk with me in white clothes because they deserve it.

1 Samuel 2:29

Why do you show no respect for my sacrifices and grain offerings that I have commanded people to make in my dwelling place? Why do you honor your sons more than me by making yourselves fat on the best of all the sacrifices offered by my people Israel?