Matthew 10:37

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

That loveth father

Philippians 3:7

Not

Revelation 3:4

General references

Bible References

That loveth father

Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul and with all thy mind.

who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen them; neither did he acknowledge his brethren nor know his own children; therefore, they shall keep thy word and guard thy covenant.

If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brethren and sisters, and even his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

that everyone should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that does not honour the Son does not honour the Father who has sent him.

So when they had dined, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He said unto him, Yes, Lord, thou knowest that I love thee. He said unto him, Feed my lambs.

For the charity of the Christ constrains us because we judge thus: that if one died for all, then all are dead:

But those things which were gain to me, I counted loss for Christ.

Not

Then he said to his slaves, The wedding is ready, but those who were called were not worthy.

but those who are accounted worthy to obtain that age and the resurrection from the dead neither marry, nor are given in marriage;

Watch ye therefore and pray always that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass and to stand before the Son of man.

in testimony of the just judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer,

Yet thou hast a few persons in Sardis who have not defiled their garments, and they shall walk with me in white, for they are worthy.

General references

And Abraham rose up early in the morning and saddled his ass and took two of his young men with him and Isaac his son, and cut the wood for the burnt offering and rose up and went unto the place of which God had told him.

And they straightway left their nets and followed him.

for I was hungry, and ye gave me no food; I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink;

If ye love me, keep my commandments;