Matthew 10:37

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me;

Cross References

Genesis 21:11

And the thing was very displeasing to Abraham on account of his son.

Zechariah 13:3

And if any one again appears as a prophet, his father and mother who bore him will say to him, ‘You shall not live, for you speak lies in the name of the Lord’; and his father and mother who bore him shall pierce him through when he prophesies.

Matthew 22:37

And 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 servants, ‘The wedding is ready, but those invited were not worthy.

Luke 14:26

“If any one comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.

Luke 20:35

but those who are accounted worthy to attain to that age and to the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage,

Luke 21:36

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

John 5:23

that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He 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 disowned his brothers, and ignored his children. For they observed thy word, and kept thy covenant.

Revelation 3:4

Yet you have still a few names in Sardis, people who have not soiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white, for they are worthy.

1 Samuel 2:29

Why then look with greedy eye at my sacrifices and my offerings which I commanded, and honor your sons above me by fattening yourselves upon the choicest parts of every offering of my people Israel?’