Matthew 10:37
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:
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
36And a man's foes will be the members of his household.
38and he that doth not bear his cross and follow after me, is not worthy of me.
Cross References
Matthew 22:37Jesus said to him: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might, and with all thy mind.
Luke 20:35But they who are worthy of that world, and of the resurrection from the dead, do not take wives, nor are wives given to husbands.
John 5:23that every man may honor the Son, as he honoreth the Father. He that honoreth not the Son, honoreth not the Father that sent him.
2 Corinthians 5:14For the love of the Messiah constraineth us to reason thus: One died for all; therefore are all dead.
2 Thessalonians 1:5for a demonstration of the righteous judgment of God; that ye may be worthy of his kingdom, on account of which ye 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 →