He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.

who says of his father and mother, I have not seen them; nor has he acknowledged his brothers, or known his own children; for they have kept Your Word and guarded Your covenant.

They shall teach Jacob Your judgments, and Israel Your Law. They shall put incense before Your nose, and a whole burnt offering upon Your altar.

And immediately He called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants, and went after Him.

And He said to another, Follow Me. But he said, Lord, let me first go and bury my father.

Jesus said to him, Let the dead bury their dead, but you go and preach the kingdom of God.

If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, and wife and children, and brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple.

So likewise, whoever of you does not bid farewell to all that he has is not able to be My disciple.

Therefore, from now on, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know Him thus no longer.