Study it in the app““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 as well, he cannot be my disciple.”
Jesus says to sit down and count the cost, with a tower and a king as examplesFollowing Jesus
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come
To move to where someone is or to a place, and be present there.
Where else “erchetai” appearslove less
To love one less than another.
Where else “misei” appearsparents
A family's father; sometimes father and mother.
Where else “patera” appearsmother
The woman who gives birth to a child and raises it.
Where else “mētera” appearswife
A married woman, joined to her husband.
Where else “gynaika” appearschild
Someone born of parents, or of a family or people.
Where else “tekna” appearsbrother
A man born of the same parents as another, or of the same family.
Where else “adelphous” appearssister
A woman born of the same parents as another.
Where else “adelphas” appearslife
Literally "soul": one's being alive, which can be saved, lost or given.
Where else “psychēn” appearscan, be able
Can, be able.
Where else “dynatai” appearsbe
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “einai” appearsdisciple
A follower of Jesus.
Where else “mathētēs” appears“Hate” can be understood as a Hebrew way of saying “love less,” “put in second place”: Matthew 10:37 says “whoever loves father or mother more than me.”
Other books that tell the same thing or quote these words.
Not peace, but a sword
A similar saying; scholars discuss whether it is the same saying in another setting or a repeated one.
Luke 14:26-27
26“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 as well, he cannot be my disciple. 27Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.
34Do not think that I came to bring peace on the earth; I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35For I came to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; 36and a person’s enemies will be the members of his household. 37The one who holds father or mother dearer than me is not worthy of me; and the one who holds son or daughter dearer than me is not worthy of me. 38And whoever does not take his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me. 39The one who finds his life will lose it, and the one who loses his life for my sake will find it.
51Do you think that I have come to give peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division. 52For from now on there will be five in one house divided, three against two and two against three; 53they will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against the mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against the mother-in-law.”
25Now large crowds were traveling with him; and turning, he said to them,
26 · This verse (above)
27Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.
1. What it says
What excuses do the guests give for not coming to the great banquet, and whom does the master of the house invite afterward? (vv. 16-24)
2. What it means
Jesus says that whoever exalts himself will be humbled and whoever humbles himself will be exalted. How does he illustrate this at the table? (vv. 7-11)
3. How I live it
Jesus suggests inviting those who cannot repay you. Whom could you invite or help without expecting anything in return? (vv. 12-14)
