Matthew 10:37

The Scriptures 1998

“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 matter was very evil in the eyes of Aḇ

Zechariah 13:3

“And it shall be, when one prophesies again, then his father and mother who brought him forth shall say to him, ‘You shall not to live, because you have spoken falsehood in the Name of יהוה.’ And his father and mother who brought him forth shall pierce him through when he prophesies.

Matthew 22:37

And יהושע  said to him, “ ‘You shall love יהוה  your Elohim with all your heart, and with all your being, and with all your mind.’

Matthew 22:8

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

Luke 14:26

“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and his own life too, he is unable to be My taught one.

Luke 20:35

but those who are counted worthy of attaining that age, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are they given in marriage,

Luke 21:36

“Watch then at all times, and pray that you be counted worthy to escape all this about to take place, and to stand before the Son of Aḏ

John 5:23

that all should value the Son even as they value the Father. He who does not value the Son does not value the Father who sent Him.

Deuteronomy 33:9

who said of his father and mother, ‘I have not seen them.’ And he did not acknowledge his brothers, or know his own children, for they have guarded Your Word and watched over Your covenant.

Revelation 3:4

“Nevertheless, you have a few names in Sardis who have not defiled their garments. And they shall walk with Me in white, because they are worthy.

1 Samuel 2:29

‘Why do you kick at My slaughtering and My offering which I have commanded in My Dwelling Place, and esteem your sons above Me, to make yourselves fat with the best of all the offerings of Yisra’ĕ