Matthew 10:37

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.

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Matthew 10:37 in other translations

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.

Matthew 10:37 · American Standard Version

Matthew 10:37 in context

  1. 35For I came to set a man at odds against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
  2. 36A man’s foes will be those of his own household.
  3. 37He 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.
  4. 38He who doesn’t take his cross and follow after me, isn’t worthy of me.
  5. 39He who seeks his life will lose it; and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.