Luke 14:26

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Matt 10:37 : 37 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.
  • John 12:25 : 25 He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
  • Phil 3:8 : 8 Indeed, I count all things as loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ,
  • Rev 12:11 : 11 And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives even to death.
  • Acts 20:24 : 24 But none of these things move me, nor do I count my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.
  • Ps 73:25-26 : 25 Whom have I in heaven but You? And there is none upon earth that I desire beside You. 26 My flesh and my heart fail; but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
  • Deut 33:9 : 9 Who said to his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brothers, nor knew his own children: for they have observed your word, and kept your covenant.
  • Gen 29:30-31 : 30 And he went in also to Rachel, and he loved Rachel more than Leah, and served with him another seven years. 31 And when the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.
  • Eccl 2:17-19 : 17 Therefore I hated life, because the work that was done under the sun was grievous to me; for all is vanity and vexation of spirit. 18 Yes, I hated all my labor that I had labored under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who will come after me. 19 And who knows whether he will be wise or a fool? Yet he will rule over all my labor in which I have labored and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.
  • Mal 1:2-3 : 2 I have loved you, says the LORD. Yet you say, How have you loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? says the LORD. Yet I loved Jacob, 3 And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the jackals of the wilderness.
  • Rom 9:13 : 13 As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.

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    27And whoever does not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.

  • Luke 14:25
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    25And great multitudes went with him: and he turned, and said to them,

  • Matt 10:33-39
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    33But whoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father who is in heaven.

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

    35For I have come to set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

    36And a man's enemies will be those of his own household.

    37He 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.

    38And he who does not take his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me.

    39He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.

  • Luke 14:33
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    33So likewise, whoever of you does not forsake all that he has cannot be my disciple.

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

    25For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.

  • Mark 10:29-30
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    29And Jesus answered and said, Truly I say to you, There is no one who has left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's,

    30Who shall not receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brothers, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come, eternal life.

  • Mark 8:34-35
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    34And when he had called the people to him, with his disciples also, he said to them, Whoever wants to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

    35For whoever wants to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's, will save it.

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

    26If anyone serves me, let him follow me; and where I am, there my servant will be also. If anyone serves me, my Father will honor him.

  • Luke 9:23-24
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    23And he said to them all, If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.

    24For whoever desires to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.

  • Luke 18:29
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    29And he said to them, Truly I say to you, There is no man who has left house, or parents, or brothers, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake,

  • Matt 19:29
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    29And everyone who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and shall inherit eternal life.

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    23He who hates me hates my Father also.

  • Matt 12:48-50
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    48But he answered and said to him who told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brothers?

    49And he stretched out his hand toward his disciples and said, Look, my mother and my brothers!

    50For whoever does the will of my Father who is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.

  • Mark 13:12-13
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    12Now brother shall betray brother to death, and father the son; and children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.

    13And you shall be hated by all men for my name's sake, but he that endures to the end, the same shall be saved.

  • Matt 10:21-22
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    21And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and the father the child; and the children shall rise against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.

    22And you shall be hated by all men for my name's sake: but he who endures to the end shall be saved.

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    24He who does not love me does not keep my words: and the word which you hear is not mine, but the Father's who sent me.

  • Luke 12:52-53
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    52For from now on there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.

    53The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

  • Luke 21:16-17
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    16And you shall be betrayed both by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends; and some of you they shall cause to be put to death.

    17And you shall be hated by all men for my name's sake.

  • Luke 16:13
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    13No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.

  • Matt 6:24
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    24No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.

  • Matt 8:21
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    21And another of his disciples said to him, Lord, let me first go and bury my father.

  • Mark 3:33-35
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    33And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother, or my brothers?

    34And he looked around at those who sat around him, and said, Behold my mother and my brothers!

    35For whoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.

  • Luke 11:23
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    23He who is not with me is against me: and he who does not gather with me scatters.

  • Matt 12:30
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    30He that is not with me is against me; and he that does not gather with me scatters abroad.

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    21And he answered and said to them, My mother and my brothers are these who hear the word of God, and do it.

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

  • John 13:35
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    35By this all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.

  • Matt 19:10
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    10His disciples said to him, If such is the case of the man with his wife, it is better not to marry.

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    6For the son dishonors the father, the daughter rises up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house.

  • Luke 9:59
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    59Then he said to another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, let me first go and bury my father.

  • Luke 14:20
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    20And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.