Luke 14:26

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

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  • Matt 10:37 : 37 The one who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and the one who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
  • John 12:25 : 25 The one who loves his life will lose it, and the one who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
  • Phil 3:8 : 8 Indeed, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake, I have suffered the loss of all things and consider them garbage, in order that I may gain Christ,
  • Rev 12:11 : 11 They triumphed over him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death.
  • Acts 20:24 : 24 'But I consider my life worth nothing to me, if only I may finish my course and the ministry I received from the Lord Jesus—to testify to the gospel of God’s grace.'
  • Ps 73:25-26 : 25 Whom have I in heaven but You? And earth has nothing I desire besides You. 26 My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
  • Deut 33:9 : 9 He said of his father and mother, "I do not regard them;" he did not acknowledge his brothers or recognize his children, for they kept Your word and guarded Your covenant.
  • Gen 29:30-31 : 30 Jacob was also with Rachel, and he loved Rachel more than Leah. And he worked for Laban another seven years. 31 When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb, but Rachel remained barren.
  • Eccl 2:17-19 : 17 So I hated life, because the work done under the sun was grievous to me. For everything is meaningless, a chasing after the wind. 18 I hated all my toil under the sun because I must leave it to the one who comes after me. 19 And who knows whether that person will be wise or foolish? Yet they will rule over all the fruit of my labor that I have worked for under the sun. This too is meaningless.
  • Mal 1:2-3 : 2 I have loved you, says the LORD. But you ask, 'How have you loved us?' Wasn't Esau Jacob's brother? declares the LORD. Yet I have loved Jacob, 3 but Esau I have hated. I have turned his mountains into a wasteland and given his inheritance to the wild creatures of the desert.
  • Rom 9:13 : 13 As it is written: 'Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.'

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Luke 14:27
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    27And whoever does not carry his own cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.

  • Luke 14:25
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    25Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and turning to them, he said,

  • Matt 10:33-39
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    33But whoever denies me before others, I will also deny before my Father in heaven.

    34Do not think that I came to bring peace to the earth; I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.

    35For I came to turn a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

    36A person's enemies will be those of his own household.

    37The one who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and the one who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

    38And whoever does not take up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.

    39Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

  • Luke 14:33
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    33In the same way, any one of you who does not give up all his possessions cannot be my disciple.

  • Matt 16:24-25
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    24Then Jesus said to His disciples, "If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Me.

    25For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

  • Mark 10:29-30
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    29Jesus said, 'Truly I tell you, there is no one who has left home, brothers, sisters, father, mother, wife, children, or fields for my sake and for the gospel,

    30'who will not receive a hundred times as much now in this present age—homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and fields—along with persecutions, and in the age to come, eternal life.

  • Mark 8:34-35
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    34Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: 'Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves, take up their cross, and follow me.'

    35For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it.

  • John 12:25-26
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    25The one who loves his life will lose it, and the one who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

    26If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me. And where I am, there My servant also will be. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.

  • Luke 9:23-24
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    23Then he said to them all, 'If anyone wants to follow me, they must deny themselves, take up their cross daily, and follow me.'

    24'For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for my sake will save it.'

  • Luke 18:29
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    29Jesus said to them, 'Truly I tell you, no one who has left house, parents, brothers, wife, or children for the sake of the kingdom of God,

  • Matt 19:29
    76%

    29And everyone who has left houses, brothers, sisters, father, mother, wife, children, or fields for the sake of my name will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.

  • John 15:23
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    23Whoever hates me also hates my Father.

  • Matt 12:48-50
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    48But Jesus replied to the one who told Him, 'Who is My mother, and who are My brothers?'

    49Stretching out His hand toward His disciples, He said, 'Here are My mother and My brothers!'

    50For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister and mother.

  • Mark 13:12-13
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    12Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise up against their parents and have them put to death.

    13Everyone will hate you because of My name, but the one who endures to the end will be saved.

  • Matt 10:21-22
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    21Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rise up against their parents and have them put to death.

    22You will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.

  • John 14:24
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    24The one who does not love me does not keep my words. The word you hear is not my own but belongs to the Father who sent me.

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    52From now on there will be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.

    53They will be divided: father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.

  • Luke 21:16-17
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    16You will be betrayed even by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends, and some of you will be put to death.

    17Everyone will hate you because of my name.

  • Luke 16:13
    72%

    13No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

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    24No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

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    21Another of His disciples said to Him, 'Lord, let me first go and bury my father.'

  • Mark 3:33-35
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    33But He replied to them, "Who are My mother and My brothers?"

    34Looking around at those seated in a circle around Him, He said, "Here are My mother and My brothers!

    35Whoever does the will of God is My brother and sister and mother."

  • Luke 11:23
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    23Whoever is not with Me is against Me, and whoever does not gather with Me scatters.

  • Matt 12:30
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    30Whoever is not with Me is against Me, and whoever does not gather with Me scatters.

  • Luke 8:21
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    21But He replied, "My mother and brothers are those who hear God’s word and put it into practice."

  • John 15:18
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    18If the world hates you, know that it hated me before it hated you.

  • John 13:35
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    35'By this everyone will know that you are My disciples, if you love one another.'

  • Matt 19:10
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    10The disciples said to him, "If this is the situation between a husband and wife, it is better not to marry."

  • Mic 7:6
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    6For a son treats his father with contempt, a daughter rises against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; a man’s enemies are the members of his own household.

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    59He said to another man, 'Follow me.' But the man replied, 'Lord, let me first go and bury my father.'

  • Luke 14:20
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    20Still another said, ‘I just got married, so I cannot come.’