Matthew 10:37

Matthew chapter 10 · verse 37 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

Context

v.36and a man’s foes shall be they of his own household.

v.37This passage

v.38And he that doth not take his cross and follow after me, is not worthy of me.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 2 Thessalonians 1:5

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

  • Luke 21:36

    But watch ye at every season, making supplication, that ye may prevail to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

  • John 21:15

    So when they had broken their fast, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of John, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.

  • Matthew 22:8

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

  • Luke 14:26

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

  • Luke 20:35

    but they that are accounted worthy to attain to that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage: