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

Not

Revelation 3:4

General references

Matthew 4:20

Matthew 25:42

John 14:15

Bible References

That loveth father

"'Thou shalt love the Lord thy God,'" He answered, "'with thy whole heart, thy whole soul, thy whole mind.'

"If any one is coming to me who does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes and his own life also, he cannot be a disciple of mine.

that all may honour the Son even as they honour the Father. The man who withholds honour from the Son withholds honour from the Father who sent Him.

When they had finished breakfast, Jesus asked Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these others do?" "Yes, Master," was his answer; "you know that you are dear to me." "Then feed my lambs," replied Jesus.

For the love of Christ overmasters us, the conclusion at which we have arrived being this--that One having died for all, His death was their death,

Yet all that was gain to me--for Christ's sake I have reckoned it loss.

Not

Then he said to his servants, "'The wedding banquet is ready, but those who were invited were unworthy of it.

But as for those who shall have been deemed worthy to find a place in that other age and in the Resurrection from among the dead, the men do not marry and the women are not given in marriage.

But beware of slumbering; and every moment pray that you may be fully strengthened to escape from all these coming evils, and to take your stand in the presence of the Son of Man."

For these are a plain token of God's righteous judgement, which has in view your being deemed worthy of admission to God's Kingdom, for the sake of which, indeed, you are sufferers.

Yet you have in Sardis a few who have not soiled their garments; and they shall walk with Me in white; for they are worthy.

General references

So they immediately left their nets and followed Him. As He went further on,

For when I was hungry, you gave me nothing to eat; when thirsty, you gave me nothing to drink;

"If you love me, you will obey my commandments.