A moment in scripture
Matthew 10:37
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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.
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The surrounding passage
- Matthew 10:35
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.
- Matthew 10:36
And a man’s foes shall be they of his own household.
- Matthew 10:38
And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.
- Matthew 10:39
He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.