Luke 14:26
If any man comes to me, and does not regard as inferior his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and besides his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
25Now many multitudes went with him, and having turned, he said to them,
27And whoever does not bear his cross, and come behind me, cannot be my disciple.
Cross References
Genesis 29:30And he also went in to Rachel, and also he loved Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
Deuteronomy 13:6If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, who is as thine own soul, entices thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou have not known, thou,
Deuteronomy 33:9who said of his father, and of his mother, I have not seen him, neither did he acknowledge his brothers, nor knew he his own sons, for they have observed thy word, and keep thy covenant.
Psalms 73:25Whom have I in heaven? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee.
Ecclesiastes 2:17So I hated life, because the work that is wrought under the sun was grievous to me. For all is vanity and a striving after wind.
Matthew 10:37He who loves father or mother above me is not worthy of me, and he who loves son or daughter above me is not worthy of me.
Matthew Henry on Luke 14:26-35
The Necessity of Self-denial. 25 And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them, 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. 27 And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple. 28 For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it? 29 Lest haply, after… Read the whole commentary →