Matthew 10:37

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

“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

The matter was very distressing to Abraham on account of his son.

Zechariah 13:3

And if any prophets appear again, their fathers and mothers who bore them will say to them, “You shall not live, for you speak lies in the name of the Lord,” and their fathers and their mothers who bore them shall pierce them through when they prophesy.

Matthew 22:37

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

Matthew 22:8

Then he said to his slaves, ‘The wedding is ready, but those invited were not worthy.

Luke 14:26

“Whoever comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and even life itself, cannot be my disciple.

Luke 20:35

but those who are considered worthy of a place in that age and in the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage.

Luke 21:36

Be alert at all times, praying that you may have the strength to escape all these things that will take place and to stand before the Son of Man.”

John 5:23

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

Deuteronomy 33:9

who said of his father and mother, ‘I regard them not’; he ignored his kin and did not acknowledge his children. For they observed your word and kept your covenant.

Revelation 3:4

Yet you have still a few persons in Sardis who have not soiled their clothes; they will walk with me, dressed in white, for they are worthy.

1 Samuel 2:29

Why then look with greedy eye at my sacrifices and my offerings and honor your sons more than me by fattening yourselves on the choicest parts of every offering of my people Israel?