Matthew 10:37
He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
KJV
Ὁ φιλῶν πατέρα ἢ μητέρα ὑπὲρ ἐμὲ οὐκ ἔστιν μου ἄξιος, καὶ ὁ φιλῶν υἱὸν ἢ θυγατέρα ὑπὲρ ἐμὲ οὐκ ἔστιν μου ἄξιος,
Greek NT
Qui amat patrem aut matrem plus quam me, non est me dignus : et qui amat filium aut filiam super me, non est me dignus.
Vulgate
He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
ASV
He that loveth father or mother more than me, is not worthy of me; and he that loveth son or daughter more than me, is not worthy of me.
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Source. Translated by J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, and revised by George B. Stevens. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1889.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/210210.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Adven…
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Cross-references
- 1Cor 16:22 — If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha.
- 1Kgs 17:13 — And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son.
- 1Pet 1:8 — Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
- 1Sam 2:29 — Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israe
- 1Sam 3:13 — For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.
- 2Chr 22:3 — He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly.
- 2Cor 5:14 — For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:
- 2Cor 5:14 — For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:
- 2Thess 1:5 — Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer:
- Deut 6:5 — And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
- Deut 33:9 — Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant.
- Deut 33:9 — Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant.
- Exod 32:29 — For Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves today to the LORD, even every man upon his son, and upon his brother; that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day.
- Gen 21:11 — And the thing was very grievous in Abraham’s sight because of his son.
- Gen 22:3 — And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the plac
- Gen 22:12 — And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.
- Gen 29:30 — And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
- Gen 29:31 — And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.
- Heb 12:1 — Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is
- John 5:23 — That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.
- John 5:23 — That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.
- John 14:15 — If ye love me, keep my commandments.
- John 16:27 — For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.
- John 21:15 — So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.
- Judg 6:25 — And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Take thy father’s young bullock, even the second bullock of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and
- Lev 10:3 — Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the LORD spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.
- Luke 5:11 — And when they had brought their ships to land, they forsook all, and followed him.
- Luke 7:4 — And when they came to Jesus, they besought him instantly, saying, That he was worthy for whom he should do this:
- Luke 7:47 — Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.
- Luke 9:61 — And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me first go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house.
- Luke 14:26 — If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
- Luke 14:26 — If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
- Luke 18:29 — And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God’s sake,
- Luke 21:36 — Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
- Mark 1:20 — And straightway he called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after him.
- Mark 9:47 — And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire:
- Mark 12:29 — And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:
- Matt 4:20 — And they straightway left their nets, and followed him.
- Matt 4:22 — And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him.
- Matt 12:48 — But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?