Matthew 10:37

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

“Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

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  • Luke 14:26 : 26 “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother, and wife and children, and brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.
  • Matt 22:37 : 37 Jesus said to him,“‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’
  • Phil 3:7-9 : 7 But these assets I have come to regard as liabilities because of Christ. 8 More than that, I now regard all things as liabilities compared to the far greater value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things– indeed, I regard them as dung!– that I may gain Christ, 9 and be found in him, not because I have my own righteousness derived from the law, but because I have the righteousness that comes by way of Christ’s faithfulness– a righteousness from God that is in fact based on Christ’s faithfulness.
  • John 21:15-17 : 15 Peter’s Restoration Then when they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter,“Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these do?” He replied,“Yes, Lord, you know I love you.” Jesus told him,“Feed my lambs.” 16 Jesus said a second time,“Simon, son of John, do you love me?” He replied,“Yes, Lord, you know I love you.” Jesus told him,“Shepherd my sheep.” 17 Jesus said a third time,“Simon, son of John, do you love me?” Peter was distressed that Jesus asked him a third time,“Do you love me?” and said,“Lord, you know everything. You know that I love you.” Jesus replied,“Feed my sheep.
  • 2 Cor 5:14-15 : 14 For the love of Christ controls us, since we have concluded this, that Christ died for all; therefore all have died. 15 And he died for all so that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised.
  • John 5:23 : 23 so that all people will honor the Son just as they honor the Father. The one who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.
  • Luke 20:35 : 35 But those who are regarded as worthy to share in that age and in the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage.
  • Deut 33:9 : 9 He said to his father and mother,“I have not seen him,” and he did not acknowledge his own brothers or know his own children, for they kept your word, and guarded your covenant.
  • Matt 22:8 : 8 Then he said to his slaves,‘The wedding is ready, but the ones who had been invited were not worthy.
  • Luke 21:36 : 36 But stay alert at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that must happen, and to stand before the Son of Man.”
  • 2 Thess 1:5-7 : 5 Encouragement in Persecution This is evidence of God’s righteous judgment, to make you worthy of the kingdom of God, for which in fact you are suffering. 6 For it is right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you, 7 and to you who are being afflicted to give rest together with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels.
  • Rev 3:4 : 4 But you have a few individuals in Sardis who have not stained their clothes, and they will walk with me dressed in white, because they are worthy.

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    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 because of me will find it.

  • Luke 14:25-27
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    25Counting the Cost Now large crowds were accompanying Jesus, and turning to them he said,

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

    27Whoever does not carry his own cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.

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

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

  • Matt 10:33-36
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    33But whoever denies me before people, I will deny him also before my Father in heaven.

    34Not Peace, but a Sword“Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have 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 the members of his household.

  • Luke 14:33
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    33In the same way therefore not one of you can be my disciple if he does not renounce all his own possessions.

  • Matt 12:48-50
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    48To the one who had said this, Jesus replied,“Who is my mother and who are my brothers?”

    49And pointing 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.”

  • Matt 10:21-22
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    21“Brother will hand over brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise against parents and have them put to death.

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    29Then Jesus said to them,“I tell you the truth, there is no one who has left home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of God’s kingdom

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    24The person who does not love me does not obey my words. And the word you hear is not mine, but the Father’s who sent me.

  • Luke 12:53
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    53They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”

  • Matt 19:29
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    29And whoever has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.

  • Mark 3:33-35
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    33He answered them and said,“Who are my mother and my brothers?”

    34And looking at those who were sitting around him in a circle, he said,“Here are my mother and my brothers!

    35For whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother.”

  • Matt 16:24-25
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    24Then Jesus said to his disciples,“If anyone wants to become my follower, 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 because of me will find it.

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

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

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    19honor your father and mother, and love your neighbor as yourself.”

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    30Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.

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    4For God said,‘Honor your father and mother’ and‘Whoever insults his father or mother must be put to death.’

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    21But he replied to them,“My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it.”

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    23Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.

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    6For a son thinks his father is a fool, a daughter challenges her mother, and a daughter-in-law her mother-in-law; a man’s enemies are his own family.

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    23The one who hates me hates my Father too.

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

  • John 5:23
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    23so that all people will honor the Son just as they honor the Father. The one who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.

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    10For Moses said,‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and,‘Whoever insults his father or mother must be put to death.’

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    24“A disciple is not greater than his teacher, nor a slave greater than his master.