Matthew 10:37

New American Bible - revised edition

“Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me;

Cross References

Genesis 21:11

Abraham was greatly distressed because it concerned a son of his.

Zechariah 13:3

If any still prophesy, their father and mother who bore them will say, “You will not live, because you have spoken a lie in the name of the Lord.” Their father and mother who bore them will thrust them through when they prophesy.

Matthew 22:37

He said to him, “You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.

Matthew 22:8

Then he said to his servants, ‘The feast is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy to come.

Luke 14:26

“If any one comes to me without hating his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.

Luke 20:35

but those who are deemed worthy to attain to the coming age and to the resurrection of the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage.

Luke 21:36

Be vigilant at all times and pray that you have the strength to escape the tribulations that are imminent and to stand before the Son of Man.” Ministry in Jerusalem.

John 5:23

so that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.

Deuteronomy 33:9

He said of his father and mother, “I have no regard for them”; His brothers he would not acknowledge, and his own children he did not recognize. For they kept your words, and your covenant they upheld.

Revelation 3:4

However, you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their garments; they will walk with me dressed in white, because they are worthy.

1 Samuel 2:29

Why do you stare greedily at my sacrifices and at the offerings that I have prescribed? Why do you honor your sons more than you honor me, fattening yourselves with the choicest part of every offering of my people Israel?