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Good News Translation

Luke 14:26

"Those who come to me cannot be my disciples unless they love me more than they love father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, and themselves as well.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Affections;   Discipleship;   Jesus, the Christ;   Life;   Marriage;   Salvation;   Seekers;   Self-Denial;   Stoicism;   Scofield Reference Index - Hate;   Thompson Chain Reference - Discipleship;   Self-Denial;   Self-Indulgence-Self-Denial;   The Topic Concordance - Disciples/apostles;   Hate;   Love;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Affections, the;   Husbands;   Life, Natural;   Missionaries, All Christians Should Be as;   Pilgrims and Strangers;   Proselytes;   Self-Denial;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Hate;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Disciple;   Hatred;   Teacher;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Disciple, Discipleship;   Hate, Hatred;   Jesus Christ;   Love;   Soul;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Hospitality;   Judgment, Last;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Hatred;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Elisha;   Levi;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Disciples;   Family;   Hate, Hatred;   Luke, Gospel of;   Violence;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ethics;   God;   Hatred;   Matthew, Gospel According to;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Ambassage;   Ambition;   Asceticism (2);   Attributes of Christ;   Celibacy (2);   Children;   Claim;   Coming to Christ;   Common Life;   Communion (2);   Consciousness;   Death (2);   Disciple (2);   Discipleship;   Discourse;   Divinity of Christ;   Enthusiasm;   Example;   Family (Jesus);   Fellowship (2);   Following;   Forsaking All;   Hating, Hatred;   Hatred;   Ideas (Leading);   Life ;   Love (2);   Marriage (Ii.);   Mercy;   Metaphors;   Mother (2);   Paradox;   Parents (2);   Poet;   Power;   Prudence;   Self- Denial;   Self-Denial;   Selfishness;   Sisters;   Soul;   Trinity (2);   Turning;   Wealth (2);   Womanliness;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Disciple,;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Hate;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Abstinence;   Hate;   Jesus Christ (Part 2 of 2);   Life;   Love;   Self-Surrender;   Sister;  

Devotionals:

- Chip Shots from the Ruff of Life - Devotion for September 22;   My Utmost for His Highest - Devotion for March 19;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“If anyone comes to me
King James Version (1611)
If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea and his owne life also, hee cannot be my disciple.
King James Version
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.
English Standard Version
"If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.
New American Standard Bible
"If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be My disciple.
New Century Version
"If anyone comes to me but loves his father, mother, wife, children, brothers, or sisters—or even life—more than me, he cannot be my follower.
Amplified Bible
"If anyone comes to Me, and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life [in the sense of indifference to or relative disregard for them in comparison with his attitude toward God]—he cannot be My disciple.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"If anyone comes to Me, and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be My disciple.
Legacy Standard Bible
"If anyone comes to Me, and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be My disciple.
Berean Standard Bible
"If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters-yes, even his own life-he cannot be My disciple.
Contemporary English Version
You cannot be my disciple, unless you love me more than you love your father and mother, your wife and children, and your brothers and sisters. You cannot come with me unless you love me more than you love your own life.
Complete Jewish Bible
"If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father, his mother, his wife, his children, his brothers and his sisters, yes, and his own life besides, he cannot be my talmid.
Darby Translation
If any man come to me, and shall not hate his own father and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, yea, and his own life too, he cannot be my disciple;
Easy-to-Read Version
"If you come to me but will not leave your family, you cannot be my follower. You must love me more than your father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters—even more than your own life!
Geneva Bible (1587)
If any man come to mee, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters: yea, and his owne life also, he can not be my disciple.
George Lamsa Translation
He who comes to me and does not put aside his father, and his mother, and his brothers, and his sisters, and his wife, and his children, and even his own life, he cannot be a disciple to me.
Lexham English Bible
"If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and furthermore, even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.
Literal Translation
If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers and sisters, and besides, even his own life, he cannot be My disciple.
American Standard Version
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.
Bible in Basic English
And turning round, he said to them, If any man comes to me, and has not hate for his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and even for his life, he may not be my disciple.
Hebrew Names Version
"If anyone comes to me, and doesn't hate his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can't be my talmid.
International Standard Version
"If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, as well as his own life, he can't be my disciple.Deuteronomy 13:6; 33:9; Matthew 10:37; Romans 9:13; Revelation 12:11;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
Whoever cometh with me, and doth not hate his father and his mother, and his brethren and his sisters, and his wife and his children, and himself also, a disciple he cannot be of mine.
Murdock Translation
He that cometh to me, and hateth not his father and his mother, and his brothers and his sisters, and his wife and his children, and his own life also, cannot become a disciple to me.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
If any man come to me, and hate not his father and mother, and wyfe, and chyldren, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his owne lyfe also, he can not be my disciple.
English Revised Version
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.
World English Bible
"If any man comes to me, and doesn't hate his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can't be my disciple.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
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.
Weymouth's New Testament
"If any one is coming to me who does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes and his own life also, he cannot be a disciple of mine.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
If ony man cometh to me, and hatith not his fadir, and modir, and wijf, and sones, and britheren, and sistris, and yit his owne lijf, he may not be my disciple.
Update Bible Version
If any man comes to me, and does not hate his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can't be my disciple.
Webster's Bible Translation
If any [man] cometh to me, and hateth not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
New English Translation
"If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother, and wife and children, and brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.
New King James Version
"If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple.
New Living Translation
"If you want to be my disciple, you must, by comparison, hate everyone else—your father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even your own life. Otherwise, you cannot be my disciple.
New Life Bible
"If any man comes to Me and does not have much more love for Me than for his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be My follower.
New Revised Standard
"Whoever comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and even life itself, cannot be my disciple.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
If anyone cometh unto me, and hateth not his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, further also, even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.
Douay-Rheims Bible
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.
Revised Standard Version
"If any one comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
If a man come to me and hate not his father and mother and wyfe and chyldren and brethren and sisters more over and his awne lyfe he cannot be my disciple.
Young's Literal Translation
`If any one doth come unto me, and doth not hate his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and yet even his own life, he is not able to be my disciple;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Yf eny man come vnto me, and hate not his father, mother, wife, childre, brethre, sisters, yee and his owne life also, he can not be my disciple.
Mace New Testament (1729)
and said, he that can't abandon his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, nay, even his own life, cannot be my disciple.
Simplified Cowboy Version
"If y'all want to ride with me, you must prove you love me more than your mother, your father, your wife, and even your children. And most of all? You must love me more than your own life. If you don't, you can't saddle up with my crew and me.

Contextual Overview

25 Once when large crowds of people were going along with Jesus, he turned and said to them, 26 "Those who come to me cannot be my disciples unless they love me more than they love father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, and themselves as well. 27 Those who do not carry their own cross and come after me cannot be my disciples. 28 If one of you is planning to build a tower, you sit down first and figure out what it will cost, to see if you have enough money to finish the job. 29 If you don't, you will not be able to finish the tower after laying the foundation; and all who see what happened will make fun of you. 30 ‘You began to build but can't finish the job!' they will say. 31 If a king goes out with ten thousand men to fight another king who comes against him with twenty thousand men, he will sit down first and decide if he is strong enough to face that other king. 32 If he isn't, he will send messengers to meet the other king to ask for terms of peace while he is still a long way off. 33 In the same way," concluded Jesus, "none of you can be my disciple unless you give up everything you have. 34 "Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, there is no way to make it salty again.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

any: Deuteronomy 13:6-8, Deuteronomy 33:9, Psalms 73:25, Psalms 73:26, Matthew 10:37, Philippians 3:8

hate: Genesis 29:30, Genesis 29:31, Deuteronomy 21:15, Job 7:15, Job 7:16, Ecclesiastes 2:17-19, Malachi 1:2, Malachi 1:3, John 12:25, Romans 9:13

yea: Acts 20:24, Revelation 12:11

Reciprocal: Genesis 12:1 - Get Genesis 22:3 - General Exodus 32:27 - slay every man Leviticus 21:11 - his father Numbers 10:30 - General Deuteronomy 13:9 - But Deuteronomy 21:13 - and bewail Ruth 1:15 - return 1 Samuel 2:29 - and honourest Psalms 45:10 - forget Psalms 139:22 - hate them Proverbs 13:24 - General Proverbs 23:26 - give Ecclesiastes 3:8 - a time to hate Daniel 6:10 - when Zechariah 13:3 - and his Matthew 4:22 - General Matthew 13:21 - for Matthew 18:8 - if Matthew 19:29 - or brethren Mark 1:20 - they left Mark 8:34 - follow Mark 9:47 - thine Luke 6:47 - cometh Luke 9:23 - If Luke 9:58 - Jesus Luke 9:61 - but Luke 11:29 - when Luke 14:20 - General Luke 14:33 - General Luke 16:13 - hate Luke 18:29 - There John 14:2 - if Acts 5:13 - of Philippians 2:21 - all Philippians 3:7 - General Colossians 3:19 - love 2 Timothy 3:12 - shall 2 Timothy 4:10 - having Hebrews 12:1 - let us lay 1 Peter 2:21 - even

Gill's Notes on the Bible

If any man come to me,.... Not in a corporeal, but in a spiritual way; nor barely to hear him preach; but so come, as that he believes in him, applies to him for grace, pardon, righteousness, life, and salvation; professes to be his, submits to his ordinances, and desires to be a disciple of his;

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: not that proper hatred of any, or all of these, is enjoined by Christ; for this would be contrary to the laws of God, to the first principles of nature, to all humanity, to the light of nature, to reason and divine revelation: but that these are not to be preferred to Christ, or loved more than he, as it is explained in

Matthew 10:37 yea, these are to be neglected and forsaken, and turned from with indignation and resentment, when they stand in the way of the honour and interest of Christ, and dissuade from his service: such who would be accounted the disciples of Christ, should be ready to part with their dearest relations and friends, with the greatest enjoyment of life, and with life itself, when Christ calls for it; or otherwise they are not worthy to be called his disciples. The Ethiopic version inserts, "his house", into the account.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See notes on Matthew 10:37-38.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Luke 14:26. And hate not — Matthew, Matthew 10:37, expresses the true meaning of this word, when he says, He who loveth his father and mother MORE than me. In Matthew 6:24, he uses the word hate in the same sense. When we read, Romans 9:13, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated, the meaning is simply, I have loved Jacob - the Israelites, more than Esau-the Edomites; and that this is no arbitrary interpretation of the word hate, but one agreeable to the Hebrew idiom, appears from what is said on Genesis 29:30-31, where Leah's being hated is explained by Rachel's being loved more than Leah. See also Deuteronomy 21:15-17; and Bishop Pearce on this place. See also Clarke's notes on "Matthew 10:37".


 
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