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

Who said to his father and to his mother, I have not seen him, neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor know his own children: for they have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant.

If any man cometh to me, and hateth not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

That all men should honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He that honoreth not the Son, honoreth not the Father who hath sent him.

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

For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:

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

Not

Then he saith to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they who were invited were not worthy.

But they who shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, 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.

Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer:

Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.

General references

And Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and cleft the wood for the burnt-offering, and rose and went to the place which God had named to him.

And they immediately 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.