King James Version
Matthew 10:37 in the King James Version says “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...” — study this verse from Matthew chapter 10 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“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.”
Matthew 10:37 · KJV
For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.
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.
And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.
He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“He that loveth”
G5368to be a friend to (fond of (an individual or an object)), i.e., have affection for (denoting personal attachment, as a matter of sentiment or feeling;
“more than”
G5228"over", i.e., (with the genitive case) of place, above, beyond, across, or causal, for the sake of, instead, regarding; with the accusative case super
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“He that loveth”
G5368to be a friend to (fond of (an individual or an object)), i.e., have affection for (denoting personal attachment, as a matter of sentiment or feeling;
“son”
G5207a "son" (sometimes of animals), used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship
“more than”
G5228"over", i.e., (with the genitive case) of place, above, beyond, across, or causal, for the sake of, instead, regarding; with the accusative case super
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