World English Bible
Matthew 10:37
“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.”
Verse in context — Matthew 10
35
For 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.
36
A man's foes will be those of his own household.
37
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.
38
He who doesn't take his cross and follow after me, isn't worthy of me.
39
He who seeks his life will lose it; and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.
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