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Luke 14:26 Cross-References
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“If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.”
Luke 14:26 (KJV)
Commentary on Luke 14:26
Jesus states discipleship's cost: 'If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.' The term 'hate' (μισεῖ, misei) is Semitic hyperbole for radical prioritization—Jesus must come before all human relationships, even the most intimate and sacred. The list encompasses all family relationships: parents, spouse, children, siblings. The phrase 'yea, and his own life also' (ἔτι τε καὶ τὴν ψυχὴν ἑαυτοῦ, eti te kai tēn psychēn heautou) means even self-preservation must yield to Christ's...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Luke 14:26
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“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.”
“He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.”
“and I count all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus”
“so that I may finish my race with joy”
“Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.”
“and because of the word of their testimony. They didn't love their life”
“the son of your mother”
“and of his mother”
“because the work that is worked under the sun was grievous to me; for all is vanity and a chasing after wind.”
“death rather than my bones.”