Matthew 10:37

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

`He who is loving father or mother above me, is not worthy of me, and he who is loving son or daughter above me, is not worthy of me,

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  • Luke 14:26 : 26 `If any one doth come unto me, and doth not hate his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and yet even his own life, he is not able to be my disciple;
  • Matt 22:37 : 37 And Jesus said to him, `Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thine understanding --
  • Phil 3:7-9 : 7 But what things were to me gains, these I have counted, because of the Christ, loss; 8 yes, indeed, and I count all things to be loss, because of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, because of whom of the all things I suffered loss, and do count them to be refuse, that Christ I may gain, and be found in him, 9 not having my righteousness, which `is' of law, but that which `is' through faith of Christ -- the righteousness that is of God by the faith,
  • John 21:15-17 : 15 When, therefore, they dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, `Simon, `son' of Jonas, dost thou love me more than these?' he saith to him, `Yes, Lord; thou hast known that I dearly love thee;' he saith to him, `Feed my lambs.' 16 He saith to him again, a second time, `Simon, `son' of Jonas, dost thou love me?' he saith to him, `Yes, Lord; thou hast known that I dearly love thee;' he saith to him, `Tend my sheep.' 17 He saith to him the third time, `Simon, `son' of Jonas, dost thou dearly love me?' Peter was grieved that he said to him the third time, `Dost thou dearly love me?' and he said to him, `Lord, thou hast known all things; thou dost know that I dearly love thee.' Jesus saith to him, `Feed my sheep;
  • 2 Cor 5:14-15 : 14 for the love of the Christ doth constrain us, having judged thus: that if one for all died, then the whole died, 15 and for all he died, that those living, no more to themselves may live, but to him who died for them, and was raised again.
  • John 5:23 : 23 that all may honour the Son according as they honour the Father; he who is not honouring the Son, doth not honour the Father who sent him.
  • Luke 20:35 : 35 but those accounted worthy to obtain that age, and the rising again that is out of the dead, neither marry, nor are they given in marriage;
  • Deut 33:9 : 9 Who is saying of his father and his mother, I have not seen him; And his brethren he hath not discerned, And his sons he hath not known; For they have observed Thy saying, And Thy covenant they keep.
  • Matt 22:8 : 8 then saith he to his servants, The marriage-feast indeed is ready, and those called were not worthy,
  • Luke 21:36 : 36 watch ye, then, in every season, praying that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that are about to come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.'
  • 2 Thess 1:5-7 : 5 a token of the righteous judgment of God, for your being counted worthy of the reign of God, for which also ye suffer, 6 since `it is' a righteous thing with God to give back to those troubling you -- trouble, 7 and to you who are troubled -- rest with us in the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven, with messengers of his power,
  • Rev 3:4 : 4 Thou hast a few names even in Sardis who did not defile their garments, and they shall walk with me in white, because they are worthy.

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  • Matt 10:38-39
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    38and whoever doth not receive his cross and follow after me, is not worthy of me.

    39`He who found his life shall lose it, and he who lost his life for my sake shall find it.

  • Luke 14:25-27
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    25And there were going on with him great multitudes, and having turned, he said unto them,

    26`If any one doth come unto me, and doth not hate his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and yet even his own life, he is not able to be my disciple;

    27and whoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, is not able to be my disciple.

  • Mark 10:29-30
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    29And Jesus answering said, `Verily I say to you, there is no one who left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or fields, for my sake, and for the good news',

    30who may not receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brothers, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and fields, with persecutions, and in the age that is coming, life age-during;

  • Matt 10:33-36
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    33and whoever shall deny me before men, I also will deny him before my Father who is in the heavens.

    34`Ye may not suppose that I came to put peace on the earth; I did not come to put peace, but a sword;

    35for I came to set a man at variance against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law,

    36and the enemies of a man are those of his household.

  • Luke 14:33
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    33`So, then, every one of you who doth not take leave of all that he himself hath, is not able to be my disciple.

  • Matt 12:48-50
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    48And he answering said to him who spake to him, `Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?'

    49And having stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, he said, `Lo, my mother and my brethren!

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  • Matt 10:21-22
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    21`And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and father child, and children shall rise up against parents, and shall put them to death,

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    29and he said to them, `Verily I say to you, that there is not one who left house, or parents, or brothers, or wife, or children, for the sake of the reign of God,

  • John 14:24
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    24he who is not loving me, my words doth not keep; and the word that ye hear is not mine, but the Father's who sent me.

  • Luke 12:53
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    53a father shall be divided against a son, and a son against a father, a mother against a daughter, and a daughter against a mother, a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.'

  • Matt 19:29
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    29and every one who left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or fields, for my name's sake, an hundredfold shall receive, and life age-during shall inherit;

  • Mark 3:33-35
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    74%

    33And he answered them, saying, `Who is my mother, or my brethren?'

    34And having looked round in a circle to those sitting about him, he saith, `Lo, my mother and my brethren!

    35for whoever may do the will of God, he is my brother, and my sister, and mother.'

  • Matt 16:24-25
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    24Then said Jesus to his disciples, `If any one doth will to come after me, let him disown himself, and take up his cross, and follow me,

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    12`And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and father child, and children shall rise up against parents, and shall put them to death,

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    25he who is loving his life shall lose it, and he who is hating his life in this world -- to life age-during shall keep it;

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    12and no more do ye suffer him to do anything for his father or for his mother,

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    19honour thy father and mother, and, thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.'

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    34And having called near the multitude, with his disciples, he said to them, `Whoever doth will to come after me -- let him disown himself, and take up his cross, and follow me;

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  • Matt 15:4-6
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    4for God did command, saying, Honour thy father and mother; and, He who is speaking evil of father or mother -- let him die the death;

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    6and he may not honour his father or his mother, and ye did set aside the command of God because of your tradition.

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    23And he said unto all, `If any one doth will to come after me, let him disown himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me;

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    21and he answering said unto them, `My mother and my brethren! they are those who the word of God are hearing, and doing.'

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    23he who is not with me is against me, and he who is not gathering with me doth scatter.

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    21And another of his disciples said to him, `Sir, permit me first to depart and to bury my father;'

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    23`He who is hating me, doth hate also my Father;

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    13`No domestic is able to serve two lords, for either the one he will hate, and the other he will love; or one he will hold to, and of the other he will be heedless; ye are not able to serve God and mammon.'

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    23that all may honour the Son according as they honour the Father; he who is not honouring the Son, doth not honour the Father who sent him.

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    59And he said unto another, `Be following me;' and he said, `Sir, permit me, having gone away, first to bury my father;'

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    10for Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, He who is speaking evil of father or mother -- let him die the death;

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    24`A disciple is not above the teacher, nor a servant above his lord;