Matthew 10:37
Whosoever loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy (of) me; and whosoever loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy (of) me.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
In Context
36and the adversaries of a man (to be) his own house-sons.
38And every one who taketh not his cross and cometh after me, is not worthy of me.
Cross References
Matthew 22:37Jeshu said to him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy Aloha with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind.
Luke 20:35but they who of that world are worthy, and of the resurrection which is from among the dead, take not wives, neither do women become (the wives) of men.
John 5:23that all men should honour the Son, as they honour the Father. He who honoureth not the Son, honoureth not the Father who sent him.
2 Corinthians 5:14For the love of the Meshiha constraineth us, because we judge this, That if one for every man hath died, then (was) every man dead.
2 Thessalonians 1:5for a demonstration of the just judgment of Aloha, that you may be worthy of his kingdom, for the sake of which you 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 →