Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “Anyone who loves their father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves their son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. New Living Translation “If you love your father or mother more than you love me, you are not worthy of being mine; or if you love your son or daughter more than me, you are not worthy of being mine. English Standard Version 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. Berean Standard Bible Anyone who loves his father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me; Berean Literal Bible The one loving father or mother above Me is not worthy of Me, and the one loving son or daughter above Me is not worthy of Me. King James Bible 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. New King James Version 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. New American Standard Bible “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. NASB 1995 “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. NASB 1977 “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. Legacy Standard Bible “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. Amplified Bible “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. Christian Standard Bible The one who loves a father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; the one who loves a son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. Holman Christian Standard Bible The person who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; the person who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. American Standard Version 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. Aramaic Bible in Plain English 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. Contemporary English Version If you love your father or mother or even your sons and daughters more than me, you are not fit to be my disciples. Douay-Rheims Bible 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. English Revised Version 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. GOD'S WORD® Translation "The person who loves his father or mother more than me does not deserve to be my disciple. The person who loves a son or daughter more than me does not deserve to be my disciple. Good News Translation "Those who love their father or mother more than me are not fit to be my disciples; those who love their son or daughter more than me are not fit to be my disciples. International Standard Version "The one who loves his father or mother more than me isn't worthy of me, and the one who loves a son or daughter more than me isn't worthy of me. Literal Standard Version He who is cherishing father or mother above Me, is not worthy of Me, and he who is cherishing son or daughter above Me, is not worthy of Me, Majority Standard Bible Anyone who loves his father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me; New American Bible “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; NET Bible "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. New Revised Standard Version 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; New Heart English Bible 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. Webster's Bible Translation 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. Weymouth New Testament Any one who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and any one who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; World English Bible He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me isn’t worthy of me. Young's Literal Translation '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, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Take up Your Cross36A man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.’ 37Anyone who loves his father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me; 38and anyone who does not take up his cross and follow Me is not worthy of Me.… Cross References Deuteronomy 33:9 He said of his father and mother, 'I do not consider them.' He disregarded his brothers and did not know his own sons, for he kept Your word and maintained Your covenant. 1 Samuel 2:29 Why then do you kick at My sacrifice and offering that I have prescribed for My dwelling place? You have honored your sons more than Me by fattening yourselves with the best of all the offerings of My people Israel.' Zechariah 13:3 And if anyone still prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will say to him, 'You shall not remain alive, because you have spoken falsely in the name of the LORD.' When he prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will pierce him through. Luke 14:26 "If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters--yes, even his own life--he cannot be My disciple. Treasury of Scripture He that loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. that loveth father. Matthew 22:37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. Deuteronomy 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. 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. not. Matthew 22:8 Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy. Luke 20:35 But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage: 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. Jump to Previous Daughter Enough Good Loves Loving Mother WorthyJump to Next Daughter Enough Good Loves Loving Mother WorthyMatthew 10 1. Jesus sends out his apostles, enabling them with power to do miracles;5. giving them their charge, teaches them; 16. comforts them against persecutions; 40. and promises a blessing to those who receive them. (37) He that loveth father or mother more than me.--The words are important, partly in themselves, partly as explaining the stronger phrase of Luke 14:26-27, which speaks of a man "hating father or mother" as a condition of discipleship. Where two affections come into collision, the weaker must give way; and though the man may not and ought not to cease to love, yet he must act as if he hated--disobey, and, it may be, desert--those to whom he is bound by natural ties, that he may obey the higher supernatural calling.Verses 37, 38. - Parallel passage: Luke 14:26, 27, where the saying is spoken to the multitudes - presumably its original occasion. Ver 37: A man must place me before his nearest tics. Ver. 38: Yea, must receive his cross (however it is brought to him), and with it follow after me. Observe the shadow of the cross upon our Lord's mind. Verse 37. - He that loveth. Natural and spontaneous love (ὁ φιλῶν), father... mother... son... daughter. No mention of wife, brothers, sisters, as in the parallel passage in Luke, perhaps because not mentioned in our vers. 35, 36. Is not worthy of me. And of all that I can be to him. Observe Christ's consciousness of his own worth. And he that loveth son, etc. A separate clause, because of the difference between the love of child to parent and that of parent to child. The latter is the stronger. The clause is omitted in B*, D, and two or three lesser authorities, but probably through homoioteleuton. Parallel Commentaries ... Greek Anyone whoὉ (Ho) Article - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. loves φιλῶν (philōn) Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 5368: From philos; to be a friend to (an individual or an object), i.e. Have affection for; specially, to kiss. [his] father πατέρα (patera) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 3962: Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. Apparently a primary word; a 'father'. or ἢ (ē) Conjunction Strong's 2228: Or, than. A primary particle of distinction between two connected terms; disjunctive, or; comparative, than. mother μητέρα (mētera) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 3384: A mother. Apparently a primary word; a 'mother'. more than ὑπὲρ (hyper) Preposition Strong's 5228: Gen: in behalf of; acc: above. Me ἐμὲ (eme) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Singular Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. is ἔστιν (estin) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. not οὐκ (ouk) Adverb Strong's 3756: No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not. worthy ἄξιος (axios) Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 514: Worthy, worthy of, deserving, comparable, suitable. Probably from ago; deserving, comparable or suitable. of Me; μου (mou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. anyone who ὁ (ho) Article - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. loves φιλῶν (philōn) Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 5368: From philos; to be a friend to (an individual or an object), i.e. Have affection for; specially, to kiss. [his] son υἱὸν (huion) Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Strong's 5207: A son, descendent. Apparently a primary word; a 'son', used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship. or ἢ (ē) Conjunction Strong's 2228: Or, than. A primary particle of distinction between two connected terms; disjunctive, or; comparative, than. daughter θυγατέρα (thygatera) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 2364: Apparently a primary word; a female child, or descendant. more than ὑπὲρ (hyper) Preposition Strong's 5228: Gen: in behalf of; acc: above. Me ἐμὲ (eme) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Singular Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. is ἔστιν (estin) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. not οὐκ (ouk) Adverb Strong's 3756: No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not. worthy ἄξιος (axios) Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 514: Worthy, worthy of, deserving, comparable, suitable. Probably from ago; deserving, comparable or suitable. of Me; μου (mou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. Links Matthew 10:37 NIVMatthew 10:37 NLT Matthew 10:37 ESV Matthew 10:37 NASB Matthew 10:37 KJV Matthew 10:37 BibleApps.com Matthew 10:37 Biblia Paralela Matthew 10:37 Chinese Bible Matthew 10:37 French Bible Matthew 10:37 Catholic Bible NT Gospels: Matthew 10:37 He who loves father or mother more (Matt. Mat Mt) |
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