Matthew 10:37
Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me. And whoever loves son or daughter above me is not worthy of me.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
In Context
36And the enemies of a man will be those of his own household.
38And whoever does not take up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 33:9He has said to his father and to his mother, ‘I do not know you,’ and to his brothers, ‘I will disregard you.’ And they have not known their own sons. Such as these have kept your word and have observed your covenant:
Matthew 22:37Jesus said to him: “‘You shall love the Lord your God from all your heart, and with all your soul and with all your mind.’
Luke 20:35Yet truly, those who shall be held worthy of that age, and of the resurrection from the dead, will neither be married, nor take wives.
John 5:23so that all may honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son, does not honor the Father who sent him.
2 Corinthians 5:14For the charity of Christ urges us on, in consideration of this: that if one died for all, then all have died.
2 Thessalonians 1:5which are a sign of the just judgment of God, so that you may be held worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you also suffer.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 10:17-42
Instructions to the Apostles. 16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. 17 But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues; 18 And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles. 19 But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.… Read the whole commentary →