Luke 14:26

Good News Translation

“Those who come to me cannot be my disciples unless they love me more than they love father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, and themselves as well.

Cross References

Psalm 139:22

I hate them with a total hatred; I regard them as my enemies.

Numbers 10:30

Hobab answered, “No, I am going back to my native land.”

Matthew 10:37

“Those who love their father or mother more than me are not fit to be my disciples; those who love their son or daughter more than me are not fit to be my disciples.

Luke 14:20

Another one said, ‘I have just gotten married, and for that reason I cannot come.’

Luke 14:25

Once when large crowds of people were going along with Jesus, he turned and said to them,

John 12:25

Those who love their own life will lose it; those who hate their own life in this world will keep it for life eternal.

Acts 20:24

But I reckon my own life to be worth nothing to me; I only want to complete my mission and finish the work that the Lord Jesus gave me to do, which is to declare the Good News about the grace of God.

Romans 9:13

As the scripture says, “I loved Jacob, but I hated Esau.”

Deuteronomy 21:15

“Suppose a man has two wives and they both bear him sons, but the first son is not the child of his favorite wife.

Deuteronomy 33:9

They showed greater loyalty to you Than to parents, brothers, or children. They obeyed your commands And were faithful to your covenant.

Philippians 3:8

Not only those things; I reckon everything as complete loss for the sake of what is so much more valuable, the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have thrown everything away; I consider it all as mere garbage, so that I may gain Christ

Revelation 12:11

They won the victory over him by the blood of the Lamb and by the truth which they proclaimed; and they were willing to give up their lives and die.