Matthew 10:37

Good News Translation

“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.

Cross References

Genesis 21:11

This troubled Abraham very much, because Ishmael also was his son.

Zechariah 13:3

Then if anyone still insists on prophesying, his own father and mother will tell him that he must be put to death, because he claimed to speak the Lord's word, but spoke lies instead. When he prophesies, his own father and mother will stab him to death.

Matthew 22:37

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

Matthew 22:8

Then he called his servants and said to them, ‘My wedding feast is ready, but the people I invited did not deserve it.

Luke 14:26

“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.

Luke 20:35

but the men and women who are worthy to rise from death and live in the age to come will not then marry.

Luke 21:36

Be on watch and pray always that you will have the strength to go safely through all those things that will happen and to stand before the Son of Man.”

John 5:23

so that all will honor the Son in the same way as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.

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.

Revelation 3:4

But a few of you there in Sardis have kept your clothes clean. You will walk with me, clothed in white, because you are worthy to do so.

1 Samuel 2:29

Why, then, do you look with greed at the sacrifices and offerings which I require from my people? Why, Eli, do you honor your sons more than me by letting them fatten themselves on the best parts of all the sacrifices my people offer to me?