1 Samuel 3:13

Plain English Version

I told Eli, ‘I’m angry with you and your family, and I will finish you all. You knew that your 2 sons did wrong things, without any shame, and with no respect for my word. Everybody hates them now. But you didn’t stop them at all.

Cross References

Matthew 10:37

You see, you have to love me more than you love your own father and mother. Then it is all right for you to be my follower. And you have to love me more than you love your own son or daughter. Then it is all right for you to be my follower. If you don’t love me like that, you are not the right person to be my follower.

1 Samuel 2:12

Eli’s 2 sons both looked after God’s ceremonies, but they were no good. They didn’t respect God.

1 Samuel 2:17

So Eli’s 2 sons kept on doing things the wrong way. They didn’t respect God or his word. God was angry with them.